One in three children lose touch with a parent after divorce

A study commissioned by family lawyers at Mishcon de Reya to mark the 20th anniversary of the Children Act has revealed that one in three children in Britain permanently loses touch with a parent, usually the father, because of their parents failure to divorce amicably. The study also found that one in five parents said that their primary objective during separation was to make the experience ‘as unpleasant as possible’ for their former spouse. As a result, a fifth of children involved said that they ‘felt used’ by their parents with a third feeling isolated and lonely.

British men want to take more of an active role in caring for their children

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report launched on 19th October found that British men wanted to take more of an active role in caring for their children and four in ten fathers say that they spend too little time with their children.