What now
Separation is not necessarily a bad thing. If your parents' situation has made you miserable, the separation is a chance for a new start.
Your family will still be your family, even after the separation. However, there will be changes, such as living arrangements. But families are not just about who lives with who-they are about loving and caring for each other.
In Australia, there's so many different kinds of families: single parent, couples, same-sex parents and share-care parents. As with any type of family, not everyone lives together under one roof. When you move out of home, you’re still part of a family.