Taking #CPV Services Online Part 2
Following on from my earlier post about the logistics of providing support for families online rather than in person, I…
Family life
An important message from the adoption community.
Sue Armstrong Brown, CEO of Adoption UK, wrote on their website this week about the potentially devastating effects of the…
Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse during Covid-19
Last week I was interested to follow a number of conversations about some of the consequences of Covid-19 on…
Keeping safe: #CPV and lockdown.
Around the world, families are discovering just how stressful it can be to live in close quarters 24 hours a…
Supporting adoptive families experiencing #CPV: making things better, not worse
This is a post that has been a long time brewing. My thanks to a friend for her contribution in…
A message of hope for 2020, Break4Change in Rochdale
When I sent out an invitation in November for people to write something for me, I never expected to receive such interesting contributions! I’m…
#CPV on Drivetime
A huge thank you to Eddie Nestor, of BBC Radio London Drivetime, who devoted more than half his programme yesterday…
Living with a child with mental illness who is violent
It would be so much easier if we could point to one clear cause of violence and abuse from children…
CPV: Standing together
I am breaking my silence. I am breaking my silence for any person who is a stepparent, and they are…
A far from normal life – the impact of child to parent violence
My life now is radically different … But I still can’t sleep. Putting my child into care was searingly painful.…