"No matter what your child does, you're always blamed for it. What you are must be the reason for what your child is doing. This is what makes me sick," says Mary, a mother of six.
From antisocial behaviour to youth crime and truancy, teenagers often make headlines for all the wrong reasons, with the finger of blame pointed firmly in the direction of the parents.
Blame The Parents follows five families with teenagers on the brink of becoming young offenders. Aware that they can no longer keep their teenagers in line, the parents have all volunteered to join a Government-run course to teach them parenting skills and help them keep their children out of trouble.
