Separated familiesNews, research, policy and practice articles on working with separated families, and maximising the involvement of fathers in the lives of their children post-separation.
FI research » Separated families
This research summary covers:
Levels/trends in fathers’ involvement in schools
Fathers v. mothers: involvement in education
The care/education ‘nexus’
Fathers’ earnings and education
Children’s behaviour at school
Brain development
Fathering quality and educational attainment
Fathers and literacy
Fathers v.
Policy » Separated families
Many policy documents and some legislation require family, health and education professionals to engage with ‘parents’. This should, of course, mean that they engage with fathers as well as mothers – but research show that this tends to happen all too rarely.
Policy » Separated families
Parental Responsibility is a legal status an adult can hold in relation to a child, which gives that adult all the ‘rights and responsibilities’ of a parent.
Practice » Separated families
Useful organisations and information sources:
Below you will find a referral organisation for specialist advice on most issues. Do email us (mail@fatherhoodinstitute.org) if you think any of our information is wrong or needs updating (organisations can change their details day to day, and they don’t usually inform us when they do!) or if you feel we have missed out or misrepresented an important service
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Practice » Separated families
CARE SYSTEM
Questions we have been asked include:
‘My child has been taken into care – what can I do as a dad to get him back?’
‘Man who had custody of his son became ill and social services have taken the son from him.
Practice » Separated families
CHILD PROTECTION
Questions we have been asked include:
‘Father fears for child’s wellbeing’
‘Wife mistrusts everyone. Children won’t mix.