Understanding trauma as a precursor to parent abuse
Reading around, and attending conferences recently, I have been impressed with the work of practitioners in the area of early…
Discussion
Why telling people they are bad parents is not the answer
When the issue of fining parents for allowing their children to arrive late to school, for persistent non-attendance, or for…
“I promise you we’ll do some more investigation”
Following on from the fantastic UK media coverage of parent abuse in the second half of last year, the radio…
Unusual intervention of the week #1
More used to the offer of craft, drama or DJing as an activity to engage young people in work addressing…
A good year, and more to come.
It has been a real privilege to be engaged in the work to raise awareness of child to parent violence…
Parent Abuse: the victim / perpetrator problem
When I speak with people about children’s violence to parents, the question of terminology regularly raises its head: How helpful…
Welcoming in a new era
As the new Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, takes up her post this month, it looks as if her…
Parent abuse: Do the math. The cost of not intervening
“Mental disorders cost the economy more than £100bn a year” …. “2 million more adults and 100,000 more children will…
Weekend round-up
Over the last weeks a number of things have caught my attention and I thought it worth while bringing them…
Trouble in the Troubled Families Department
I have a sort of Love-Hate relationship with the Trouble Families Programme and so I like to keep abreast of developments…