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This week we have been emailed through a question – “I have been offered a job interstate – should I take it?” Firstly congratulations on the job offer before you accept it though there are some things that you need to think through; and I thought that some of you may relate to this which is...

So you have made the decision to separate. You know that this is the best thing for your children in the long term. How do you tell them? Do you both sit down with the children and explain what is going to happen? Do you just pack everything up and leave, telling them on the way to the new place? D...

This week I want to talk about extra curricular activities; what happens when we don’t want our child to participate in an activity. When this happens we can get a lot of conflict and a lot of emotions can come up as to why we don’t want them to participate in the activity – whatever it is. Be...

This Sunday as many of you will know is Mother’s Day here in Australia. Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mum’s out there. What we want to talk about this week is what is going to happen for you on Mother’s Day. Some of you may be lucky enough that you are spending the day with your children ...

Are you in a relationship but wish you weren’t? Are you only staying because of your children? What do you think the impact of you staying in the relationship is having on your children? Can they see and feel your sadness? Can they see the anger and hurt being exhibited by one or both of your? Do ...

Welcome to the new OCA website Hi and welcome to the launch of the blog site for Our Children Australia. Over the coming weeks we will posts blogs about various topics concerning separation and your children. Our aim is to provide you with as much thought provoking information as possible. We want t...