Relationship support for parents

Maintaining a good relationship for the benefit of your children.
Suffolk Family Hubs

Why is relationship support for parents important?

Children benefit and thrive from seeing their parents having a positive relationship. Even if you are no longer in a relationship with the child’s other parent, it is important to maintain a good relationship for your wellbeing and for the benefit of your children.

Watch: Reducing parental conflict; why it matters to children and why it matters to services

Relationship Support Cards

Everyone has arguments. How do you solve yours? 

Suffolk County Council has produced cards containing information and resources to help parents maintain good relationships. 

Everyone has arguments. How do you solve yours?
Relationship Support Cards

Free digital resources

Access free digital resources that are designed by OnePlusOne to help parents reflect on conflict in their relationship with current or ex-partners, as well as the impact on their children.

There are 3 free available resources available to parents:

  • Me You Baby Too - for new and expectant parents
  • Arguing Better - Parents experiencing high levels of stress and couple conflict
  • Getting It Right For Children - Separated or separating parents experiencing high levels of conflict.

Create a free OnePlusOne account to access these resources. 

Parents can also access:

See it differently: When we argue with our partner or ex-partner, we can get caught up in the heat of the moment. At times like these, it’s difficult to find a way forward. We want to help you see things differently, and do things differently. See it differently videos are freely available to watch. 

Separating better: a brand-new free mobile app, designed to help guide you through the separation process, find effective ways of co-parenting, and sort out disagreements, all with the wellbeing of your child in mind. The video below explains what the mobile app is and how you can use it. 

Update from OnePlusOne regarding the Separating better app:

From Friday 20 March 2026:

  • The Separating better app will be removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play, and will no longer be available for download.
  • All access to the app will be paused and existing users will no longer be able to log in.

Any parent who wishes to download copies of their Parenting Plan or Messenger conversations, must do it before 20 March. It will not be possible to access any information from the app after this date.

Any data on the app will remain securely stored in line with OnePlusOne's data protection and retention policies.

Getting on Better Cards

OnePlusOne has produced nine Getting on Better cards to encourage parents to think about their relationship and how they can communicate and deal with conflict more effectively.

Solihull Approach: Falling Out and Making Up

The Solihull Approach have provided a number of online courses that are free to anyone with a Suffolk Postcode which can be accessed and completed in your own time. To access these courses please use the website Togetherness and register by setting up an account, adding the password of your choice, and on the second page in the righthand corner use the access code: WOLSEY to take you to the landing page.

Visit the In Our Place website, to explore Falling Out and Making Up resources and the Understanding Your Relationships course, which may be helpful to parents and carers who are seeking relationship support. 

Divorce and separation

Sometimes marriages and relationships end in divorce or separation and couples have to go their separate ways. If you have children, it's important that your break-up goes as smoothly as possible to have as little impact on them as you can manage as a relationship break down can affect all other areas of your life.

If this is affecting you or your family at this time, you can contact your Health and Children's Centre team for support.

Websites such as relate: help with separation and divorce and family mediation scheme are useful resources to help you make this difficult transition easier for you and your family.

Support available in your local area

National information and advice and useful self-help resources: