Child To Parent Aggression And Violence

Parent-directed aggression and violence by children is a complex issue and may not be explained by focusing upon a single factor. The affected parents tend to delay seeking help from professionals due to not knowing where to seek help or even an inability to identify their experiences as a problem. This book provides parents and professionals with the much-needed information to tackle this incidence. In this book, Hue San Kuay and Graham Towl draw upon the evidence from past studies and case examples to describe the occurrence of child to parent aggression and violence, and highlight the roles by individuals and communities in intervening and preventing agression and violence. The nature-versus-nurture debate is included and callous-unemotional traits are explained as a predictor of aggression. The effect of parent-directed aggression is discussed, and prevention and intervention methods are presented. Delaying help-seeking could lead to serious consequences and make it harder to effectively intervene. Child to Parent Aggression and Violence is an essential read for practitioners and researchers working with parents, and most importantly, for parents themselves. This book includes suggestions for interventions, self-assessment on parent-directed aggression by children, and points of contact as reference to ease the process for both parents and practitioners. The authors will donate their royalties in full to Family Lives, UK. This organisation was registered as a charity in 1999. Previously known as Parentline, they provide support for families through a helpline and also offer drop-in sessions. They give tailored parental support within the community and schools, and offer support on issues such as bullying, special educational needs, and support for specific groups.

This book sets out the final report for the 2018 Child to Parent Violence and Aggression survey by Dr Wendy Thorley and Mr Al Coates. The book is set out over 8 sections to recognise the voices of those parent/ carers who took part in the survey, detailing what their real world was and has been. Childrens violent and aggressive behaviour is gaining wider recognition across society that has led to an 'opening up' towards understanding what CPVA means; however in the real world little has changed in providing these families with the support they need now. This makes this book relevant to professionals and those within society as a parent/carer or those who want to gain better understanding of children's challenging, violent or aggressive behaviours. Within the book Section 1 looks back at the past 18 months of developing awareness of CPVA and provides an insight into who the parent/ carers were who took part in the survey; collectively representing 538 of the families living with CPVA today. Section 2 considers if there is a higher risk in some families of CPVA occurring than other families based on the type of family the child lives in and the approach to parenting adults adopt. This section also recognises that CPVA is not exclusively a parent/ carer issue but impacts and affects everyone within the home including siblings. Section 3 considers age-stage developmental norms and how these do not reflect the behaviour parent/ carers report. This section also challenges perceptions that CPVA is an adolescent concern and argues that the lack of support for children under the age of adolescence does little to address the behaviour becoming entrenched or escalating. Section 4 offers a wider approach to why children behave in this way and highlights that there is a distinct difference between those children who intend to engage CPVA and those children who do not. This section provides an alternative distinct pathway and argues that for those children who do not intend to display CPVA the World Health Organisation categories should be applied, rather than adopting CPVA definitions to reflect all children who display seen as CPVA. Section 5 presents the real world cost to families living with CPVA in both economical terms and emotional costs. Families living with CPVA highlight how this affects employment opportunities, relationships, and their overall physical and emotional well-being that over time is costly not only to the family themselves but to society overall. Section 6 reflects on who supports families living with CPVA across a range of services and discusses effectiveness from the family viewpoint, that leads to Section 7. Section 7 provides the parent/ carer voice and highlights what these families would like to happen next, in order to support them and their child. nine recommendations are made by parent/ carers living with CPVA if society is to move from talking about CPVA and addressing CPVA. the final section, Section 8, reflects on CPVA overall and reconsiders how CPVA is perceived across society and across those services who support families, highlighting that without change the status quo remains.

Our primary mission is to serve and support parents who have an aggressive teen within the home. Parents do the best they can with the tools they have. Most often, there is not enough support for the parents who go through this transition phase of their lives with their teens. Quite often, many parents of angry, aggressive children feel judged by others for 'not controlling' their child. If you are like so many parents of angry, aggressive or violent children, you probably have already consulted numerous therapist, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists, medical doctors and other professionals in an effort to help your child. By now, you must be exhausted- emotionally, physically and financial depleted. Still, you struggle to carry on. Often, no matter what you do, it never seems to get any better. If you can relate, you are in the right place. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Breaking the Cycle was founded on the belief that parenting is no easy task, and parenting an angry, aggressive or, even a violent child, is 100 times more challenging. This guide focuses on elevating the needs of you the parent.

Providing an authoritative overview of the growing phenomena of child to parent violence - a feature in the daily life of increasing numbers of families - this book outlines what we know about it, what is effective in addressing it, and outlines a proven model for intervention. Based on non-violent resistance (NVR), the model is founded on a number of key elements: parental commitment to non-violence, de-escalation skills, increased parental presence, engaging the support network and acts of reconciliation. The book outlines the theory and principles, and provides pragmatic guidance for implementing these elements, accompanied by case studies to bring the theory to life.

Who's in Charge?, written by Eddie Gallagher, is a book aimed at helping parents unravel the mysteries of violent and abusive children. For those who don't have difficult teenage children, this book will come as something of a thunderbolt as the misery that some parents and families endure is not well-documented or discussed. For those whose children are reasonably normal and average, this will come as something of a relief! Never again will you complain about sour faces, bad moods and bombsite bedrooms. Eddie Gallagher's main objective is to explore the facts and expose the taboo that surrounds the concept of children perpetrating violent acts upon their parents. However, Who's in Charge? contains a mine of information about family relationships, about emotions in general and stacks of advice about good parenting, so this is a book that every parent would benefit from reading. It will also be of interest to professionals and academics as there has been little written on this topic, and nothing with such scope. Candid, non-judgmental, certainly not sanctimonious and full of humour, Eddie Gallagher is able to take this difficult and largely hidden topic and expose it. Other topics are covered which would be of interest to any parent - the effect of social media and the internet, an increasing lack of respect towards authority in society - and the author also touches on the issue of violent abuse between adults within relationships plus the input of healthcare professionals and the moral minefield they face, all in all a veritable mine of information. Accessible, relevant and easy to read, every part of this book will impact someone somewhere, whether they have children or not.

This book seeks to break new ground in the way in which adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse is understood. Incorporating knowledge from an original research project undertaken in the UK and international literature, this book provides insight into the prevalence of this form of domestic violence which can include psychological, physical, and economic abuse. Young person and family characteristics are explored, and links are made between sibling aggression and school bullying behaviours. A key theme is how the data can be used to develop statistical models which can screen for young people behaving abusively towards their parents. It discusses how the research can be applied to inform theoretical frameworks, policy development, and professional practice, with a focus on prevention and early intervention that uses positive youth justice and restorative approaches.