Separating

If you have recently separated from your partner and are now a single parent, it’s important to know what your first steps might be. We provide information on a range of questions, issues and concerns you may have to consider.

As single parents, there’s a lot tied up with our close relationships. Take a look at My relationships on our ‘My life and me’ website.

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Just separated

Information on the issues and concerns if you have just separated from your partner.

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Your Parenting Plan

A ‘Parenting Plan’ is a voluntary agreement between you and your child’s other parent about arrangements for your children.

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Speaking to your children about divorce and separation

Speaking to your children about divorce and separation can be really challenging. Lots of parents contact us for advice about this. You’re not alone and support is available, no matter your situation.

News updates for single parents

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Our news updates reflect the work of One Parent Families Scotland and the issues affecting single parents today.

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Covering your tracks

You may not want other people to know that you’ve been searching for information or help from OPFS.

When browsing the internet whether on a mobile phone, tablet or computer, you leave a ‘history’ trail of pages and sites you’ve visited.

It’s impossible to completely avoid being tracked online but if you’re worried about someone knowing which sites you’ve been looking at, there are some things you can do to help cover your tracks.

If you’re using a laptop or desktop computer, try keeping another document or website open in a new tab or window while browsing. If someone comes in the room and you don’t want them to see what you’re looking at, you can quickly switch to another window or tab.

Deleting browsing history

You can delete the history of websites you’ve visited, but it’s important to know that if you delete your browsing history, someone else using the same device may notice.

If you share a tablet, mobile phone, laptop or computer with someone, they might notice that passwords or website addresses have disappeared from their history.

Find out how to remove your browsing history and other data from some of the most commonly used browsers:

Browsing in Private mode (incognito)

When browsing ‘incognito’, the internet browser won’t store cookies or record your browsing history on the computer, mobile or tablet.

This option is available on popular web browsers i.e. -

Toolbars

If you use a search toolbar in your web browser, remember that your searched items can be saved as part of your history. Find out how to delete your searched items from the following search engines: