Oh! Can I have a quick word?
It started off almost as a throw away comment, made its way into a conference presentation, and now seems to…
Child to parent violence
Soaring number of children being taken into care for abusing and beating up parents
This was a headline in the Sun newspaper last weekend, in an article by Michael Hamilton. Freedom of Information requests to 149…
Learning about feelings, building resilience with Cyril Squirrel
Cyril Squirrel Finds Out About Love, by Jane Evans (2016) Jessica Kingsley Publishers. I was very pleased to be asked…
CPV: working across other communities
In one of those serendipitous ways this topic has cropped up in a lot of separate conversations recently so I…
I fear my son will kill me one day
This headline and the accompanying piece in the Family section of the Guardian last Saturday could not fail to shock those…
Children who have experienced loss and trauma
I was very proud recently to be asked to contribute to an educational programme developed by the University of Sunderland. …
Learning Links funding secured for NVR
Some good news at a time when we are becoming used to hearing of funding being cut. Congratulations are due…
Child to parent violence, a background hum
Is it me, or have things quietened down a bit at the moment? Granted, I’m not on top of everything…
Royal Commission on Family Violence, 2016
“Of course I knew it was a very serious and extensive problem, but I don’t think I realised the dimensions…
Happy Birthday, Holes in the Wall!
Please allow me a moment of self-indulgence as I celebrate 5 years of this website, Holes in the Wall, ‘born’…