We need to talk about restraint
In November I was privileged to chair a conference in London about child to parent violence in adoptive and foster…
Posts by nrutter
Child to parent abuse: a literature review
Sixty years of child-to-parent abuse research: What we know and where to go, is available on line from this month,…
Guest post: Like Father, Like Son
I am pleased to post this guest blog from a parent who would like to be known as Sam. Sam…
“Maternal abuse by children”, preferred terminology in Spain?
An interesting read from the University of Granada – and a potential discussion starter! In the UK we seem to…
CPV: Call for abstracts
Calling all academics and practitioners, working in the field of Violence Prevention ….. The Centre for Violence Prevention 2018 Annual…
Safeguarding in practice?
This post from Michaela Booth comes at just the right time, following nicely from last week’s post. With thanks to…
Child to parent violence: the voice of the young person
I am very aware when writing and collating material for training purposes, that while we have significant contributions from parents…
“He doesn’t mean to hurt”: the impact on families of violent behaviour from autistic children.
Another great programme from the BBC this week, available until November 28th. Victoria Derbyshire looked at the violence experienced by…
Child to parent violence and adoption disruption: Learn on the go
Learn on the go is a Community Care Inform series of podcasts, “where we discuss what the latest research findings…
“It’s been an absolute nightmare”: report from Australia into kinship care
I am grateful to Eddie Gallagher for bringing a new report to my attention. “It’s been an absolute nightmare”, Family violence…