When Caroline lost her husband in a car accident six years ago, she wasleft with two children to raise alone, seven-year-old Daniel and Melissawho was five. It was tough going, and by the time Daniel was 12 hisbehaviour had got much worse and he was frequently shouting, swearingand throwing things around at home. "I noticed this boiling anger inhim, which would erupt if things didn't go his way," recalls Caroline."I was extremely worried about what would happen to him if I didn't helphim change his behaviour."
A bereavement counsellor at Daniel's school suggested that mother andson attend a local parenting course. As a result, they attended thefree, eight-week Strengthening Families Programme run by Families Unitedin Rotherham. For two hours each week, the programme works with parentsand young people separately for the first hour before bringing themtogether for the second.
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