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Not having enough money can make parenting more challenging. Here are some ways of getting your family through those tough financial times.

Parents who have lived through homelessness with their children share ideas about how to get through in this fact sheet.

We hope the skills shared by other families in this resource might give you some ideas for how to respond, heal and recover interactions with services that may have caused harm, humiliation or distress.

Managing your health can be hard enough, but it’s so much harder when you’re facing financial issues at the same time. This fact sheet contains ideas from families about getting through similarly tough times.

Learn more about what’s often invisible or misunderstood about families’ experiences of homelessness.

Get ideas for how to talk to children about being homeless, from families who have been there.

Read about some of the many ways families respond to the effects of racism and support their children.

There are ways to talk to children about money issues that prevent them from blaming themselves, or their parents, for the family’s financial situation.

Telling your child that you and your partner are separating or getting a divorce can be challenging – but it’s an important conversation to have. This fact sheet offers tips for talking to your child about separation and divorce – what to say, what not to say, why it's important to allow your child to express their emotions, and how to keep communication open and ongoing.

Outside our immediate family we form connections to other people and communities - from friends and neighbours to people in school communities, workplaces, interest groups, or a friendly interaction in the grocery store. Or we may find connection with places, cultures, nature, spirituality or social movements.

To be successful in their roles, people with lived experience need to be provided with enough information about the organisation and systems they’re working within, as well as what is expected of them. Learn how the Lived Experience Network provides its members with information in a way that’s easy to digest, and provides regular opportunities to check-in with people’s understanding along the way.