Adolescent Violence to Parents Conference report
The Adolescent Violence to Parents (APV) conference held this week (September 23rd 2013) in Oxford was an important landmark in…
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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…
Understanding is everything
You may have caught the controversial coverage of comments made a few weeks ago by a mother of 4 children…
Child to Parent Violence: Insights from Spain
Over the last few months I have been conscious that this blog has focused very much on events in the…
“A thought-provoking and well-structured summary”
Amanda Holt’s recent ground-breaking book received a very positive review in the April 2013 issue of the British Journal of…
Changing the DV definition: the debate continues
My attention was drawn this week to the recently released Home Office Guidance, Information for Local Areas on the change…
“The shame mums won’t talk about”
Great to see a piece in Woman’s Own magazine (April 8th 2013) covering parent abuse. Media interest flourished in the…
“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…
Reading about adolescent to parent abuse
A couple of years ago, I briefly joined a reading group. I had been encouraged to believe that the discipline…