Concern over children’s abuse of parents

THE angry, aggressive and antisocial behaviour of children causes the most heartache for parents today.

Annual Parentline statistics — obtained from more than 6,000 calls received by its anonymous helpline in 2006 — reveal children abusing parents is among the principal areas of concern.

Manager of the service, Rita O’Reilly, revealed that in the region of 700 calls received were actually from parents who had been abused.