The use of NVR in residential care.
As I was reminded recently while reading a report about the use of residential care for adolescents on the edge…
Discussion
Child to parent abuse: “The pointy end of entitlement”
The Australian media have offered considerable coverage of child to parent violence and abuse over the last year, as conferences…
Child to parent violence: the new topic for discussion at parties!
If you are engaged in work that is looking vulnerable to belt tightening and budget cuts it may not seem…
Adolescent violence in the home: How is it different to adult family violence?
This article was originally published on the Australian Government website: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Child and Family Community Australia…
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…
Discussion about CPV going mainstream?
When the Guardian carries two pieces in a weekend alluding to violence and abuse from child to parent, (A letter to my…
When children kill their parents.
The book currently at the top of my “to read” pile is Kathleen Heide‘s Understanding Parricide. Twenty years on from her…
When holidays turn violent
While there are many, many different routes to violence and abuse, we know that for some children and young people,…
Listening: the most important thing?
Time and time again, when I ask parents what is the most important thing in the help that they have…