A Review of Parent Abuse in 2012
Looking back over the last year, I was re-reading my post of January 1st 2012, which I concluded by saying…
Amanda Holt
Adolescent to parent abuse in print
Great to see Amanda Holt’s book published this week! This represents a real milestone in acknowledgement of the issue of…
Safeguarding issues in child to parent violence
A lot has been written about the difficulties in adopting a safeguarding response to the issue of parent abuse. First…
Amanda Holt speaking at Surrey University
An inspiring talk from Amanda Holt yesterday at Surrey University, based on her forthcoming book: Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in…
Parent abuse themed issue, Social Policy and Society
The journal, Social Policy and Society, is carrying a themed section entitled Exploring Parent Abuse, in the April 2012 issue…
Current understandings in research, policy and practice
Staff, students and public are invited to hear Amanda Holt speak at a seminar, “Youth-to-Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research,…
I don’t believe it!
We should feel encouraged that, increasingly, friends, colleagues, acquaintances are accepting of the fact that there are parents who face…
The ‘terrorist’ in my home
Amanda Holt has brought another recent article to my attention. ‘The terrorist in my home’: teenagers’ violence towards parents –…