Synopsis
Children's news special programme on divorce. How to overcome the difficulties of parents divorcing from the children's perspective.
- Programme: Newsround Specials
- Episode: The Worst Thing Ever?
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2008
- PSHE | Family
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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