Child-to-parent violence most common issue among parents ringing helpline
Changing nature of parenting is reflected in 40 years of calls to Parentline
Pandemic parenting: Lockdown’s pressure-cooker effect on Irish families
Demand has been soaring for help to cope with child-to-parent violence
Childhood aggression: ‘We began to hear parents saying they were afraid of their children’
Once unheard of, parents are increasingly reporting violent attacks on them by their children, an urgent issue, say child experts
Our 15-year-old son has us living in fear
Ask the Expert: In some families the ways of managing parent-child conflict have led to situations where parents are living in fear of their child
‘I was advising a woman with five kids about budgeting. What she needed was a f***ing washing machine for cloth nappies’
Less advice and more action are needed to support familes in their homes and keep children out of social services
Violence against parents by children a growing problem
Conference hears issue is the most under-researched form of domstic violence
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