The charity said overall visits to pages relating to parenting, family conflict and relationships on its Parent Talk website experienced a 46 per cent rise over the past year, after increasing steadily over the last three years, from 105,907 in 2022/23 to 154,280 in 2023/24.
Action for Children analysed a sample of one-to-one chats on this theme to find out what parents are struggling with.
They found that the key issue that stood out was parents are struggling following a separation due to ongoing conflict or abuse. It’s estimated that there are 3.8 million children living in separated families in Great Britain. While not all of these families will be struggling to resolve conflict, the potential number of children impacted is high, the charity said.
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