Introducing a New Partner to Your Children: A Guide for Single Parents
When and how to introduce a new partner to your children after divorce or bereavement: timing, preparing them, the first meeting, difficult reactions, your ex, and sleepovers.
Family
Children & family
Introducing a new partner to children and adult children, and bringing families together.
Start here: Introducing a New Partner to Your Children: A Guide for Single Parents11 guides
Topic: Children & family
Introducing a new partner to children and adult children, and bringing families together.
When your partner doesn’t like your children
What to do when a new partner doesn’t get on with your children, from understandable friction to serious warning signs, with practical steps for adult and younger children.
Wills when you have a new partner
How marriage, divorce and living together can affect a will across the UK, and why reviewing your will matters when you find love again later in life. Not legal advice.
Dating with teenagers at home
How to date as a parent of teenagers: how teens react, when to tell them, introducing a partner, overnight stays, co-parenting, safeguarding and police disclosure schemes, and keeping your bond strong.
Dating when your adult children still live at home
How to date when grown-up children live with you: telling them, privacy and overnight stays, introducing a partner, difficult reactions, money and household arrangements, and protecting your relationship with them.
Dating someone with grandchildren when you have none
Dating someone with grandchildren when you have none: common feelings, childcare commitments, meeting the grandchildren, your role, what they call you and family occasions.
How to blend two families after 50
How to blend two families after 50: introducing adult children, step-parent roles, grandchildren, Christmas and occasions, inheritance worries and handling a hostile family member.
Dating Someone With Young Children When You’re an Empty Nester
Dating a parent with children still at home when yours have left? What to expect, the challenges for each of you, building a relationship with their children, and deciding if it’s right for you.
Telling Friends, Family and Your Late Spouse’s Family That You’re Dating Again
How and when to tell your children, friends and your late spouse’s family that you’re dating again after bereavement: who to tell first, what to say and how to handle reactions.
When Your New Relationship Stirs Up Your Children’s Grief
Why a widowed parent’s new relationship can reawaken children’s grief, how it shows at different ages, what helps and what to avoid, and when to get specialist support.
When Adult Children Disapprove of Your New Partner
Your grown-up children are unhappy about your new relationship. Why it happens, what is really behind it (including inheritance worries), and practical ways to keep your family and your relationship.