Parents are often unsure about how to proceed during a separation. What is best for the child? How can difficulties be recognized and addressed? The guide familiarizes parents with their own situation in the first part. Only when they understand this are they able to separate the couple level from the parenting level and address the adjustment issues of the children. After discussing the various adjustment and behavioral problems of children, the author focuses on what parents can specifically do to ensure that their children develop healthily and without harm after their parents' separation. In the third part, the core of this guide, parents receive practical parenting and behavioral advice that demonstrably and sustainably facilitates the child's adjustment to the new situation following the parents' separation.