The BBC tackles child to parent violence
(Screenshot. See below for link to the interview). This week saw huge progress in the drive to make child…
Child to parent violence
The Care Act 2014: how can it support individuals experiencing child to parent violence?
Yesterday I attended a seminar organised by AVA, considering the interface between the Care Act 2014 and domestic violence, and…
CPV Mapping: Question, Questions, Questions!
There has been an amazing response to the launch of the map last week, locating specialist services for families experiencing…
The West Midlands Police response to CPV
Despite urging that we take steps to name and count incidents of child to parent violence, I am generally sceptical about…
Child to parent violence, nothing new under the sun
An article from the Independent newspaper from 1995 was brought to my attention by a tweet from Amanda Holt. The…
Child to parent violence: law and research in Florida
When Rosemary Pate was killed by her son in Florida in 2013, family and friends began a campaign to raise…
Where are the specialist services?
Readers of this blog will be familiar with my dream of mapping specialist services around the country for those experiencing…
The use of section 20 placements in CPV
This post follows on from a small discussion I took part in on twitter on June 2nd, itself emerging from a conference…
A problem the size of Wales
Two eagerly awaited (by me) reports were published last week, coincidentally, both examining the issue of children’s violence to parents…
The Adoption Social: Listening to and supporting each other
One of the particular groups of people I follow on twitter has been the adoption community. Early on in my…
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