The FamiliesChange.ca website has been relaunched with new resources to help parents support their children’s well-being through a separation or divorce. We encourage lawyers to share these resources with clients, colleagues, friends or anyone going through a separation or divorce to help them navigate this significant change and stressful transition.
While parental separation can be tough, especially for children and youth, research shows that with the right strategies and support, families can mitigate potential harms and help children emerge from the transition more resilient. FamiliesChange.ca is a resource hub for families going through separation and it has recently been updated with practical tips, tools and strategies that cover a wide variety of topics, including helping children adapt to change, handling conflict in a healthy way, understanding legal rights and responsibilities and taking steps towards financial stability.
In the coming weeks, the Law Society, along with other organizations in legal and health sectors, will be promoting FamiliesChange.ca and its six themes, each representing an important aspect of parental separation, on our platforms. Join us in amplifying these messages and direct those in need to the resources available in the “parents” section of FamiliesChange.ca.
The FamiliesChange.ca website was developed by the Justice Education Society of British Columbia with support from the Department of Justice Canada and the BC Ministry of Justice. Resources were developed by the Health and Justice Alliance, along with the Shared Care Committee, the Law Society of BC, Justice Education Society of BC and other partners. The Health Justice Alliance was first formed in 2022 and is a partnership between doctors and lawyers to collectively take action to address the public health issue of the immediate, long-term and intergenerational impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
For more information, please visit the FamiliesChange.ca website and follow Justice Education Society of BC and Access to Justice BC on social media.
