Keeping Families Safe
The official announcement of the piloting of a new programme to address family violence in the state of Victoria, coinciding…
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New Project for Abused Parents in Victoria.
There are exciting developments afoot in Australia, where the Victoria State government has agreed funding for a three year pilot…
“Parent abuse is a serious problem”
A tragic story today from Tulsa, of a son, charged with the murder of his mother. There was apparently a…
“If Lanza ( ) had been confronted by a qualified armed, security guard ..”
I was hesitant about wading in on the debate in the wake of the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut a…
Jailed for life for killing his mother
There was coverage in the media in Britain this week of the tragic case of Leah Whittle, stabbed to death…
News of Break4Change
The Brighton and Hove Argus recently published an article about the Break4Change project as part of a domestic violence feature.…
Widening of domestic violence definition offers hope in parent abuse
A lot of coverage in England and Wales this morning as the Home Office announced the widening of the definition…
A statistical increase – is this good or bad?
Some statistics reported from NSW this weekend in terms of violence towards parents. According to the latest Bureau of Crime statistics,…
Parenting NI statistics show increase in calls for help
At the beginning of June, Parenting NI released figures showing a dramatic increase of 27% in the calls received by…
Pointing the finger at “Troubled Families”
The media buzzes again today with discussion about help for Cameron’s 120,000 “troubled families”. (BBC article here) The term itself…