General Article My parents are separating: young people's experiences

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Ellie’s story

Ellie (1),  member of the Family Justice Young People’s Board, shares her experience of her parents’ breakdown and how Cafcass helped when her parents went to court.

“It was a few years ago and it was hard for me and my brother. The whole thing was scary because we didn’t know what was happening or what was going to happen. Also, when you’re a kid the only thing you know about courts is that it’s a place for criminals, and that made it scary too. Why were we going to court? That’s not a place where we should go. Everything felt really unstable.

“Cafcass set up a meeting to explain what was going on and that helped. They told us why we were going through this process. It was useful to have them break down the situation and explain what was going on. I didn’t feel so scared after that.

“It was good to speak to the Cafcass worker because at that point it was really hard to talk to my parents, really hard to communicate with both of them. Cafcass told us about the possible...

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