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

Suffolk County Council has partnered with OnePlusOne ‘Getting on better’, a registered charity that helps people build stronger, healthier relationships.

While disagreements are a normal part of family life, ongoing conflict between parents can be upsetting for children.

Our free courses are here to support you, whether you’re expecting a baby, finding things difficult in your relationship, or going through a separation. They’ll help you see conflict in a new light and find calmer, healthier ways to manage it, helping to protect your baby, your children, and each other.

Parents can access:

The courses can be accessed for free using the link below. To access a course for the first time, you will need to register for an account by providing your name, email address and creating a password.

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: