How common is child-on-parent violence?
Abuse of parents by children is a common but under-reported and under-researched phenomenon. Mental health charity YoungMinds says that around a quarter of the calls it receives from parents about managing disruptive and aggressive behaviours specifically relate to violence towards parents by children.
Recent research by the Department for Education on adoption disruptions found that child-on-parent violence often peaks in intensity during early teens. Often the mother suffers the most. It can include physical violence, verbal abuse or damage to property. Of almost 100 adoptive families who received peer-to-peer support services from Adoption UK in 2013/14, more than one-third of parents were experiencing child-on-parent violence.
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