More seeking family breakdown help

PARENTS are increasingly seeking professional help to deal with family breakdown and problems arising from the recession.

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) has reported a rise in parents accessing its mentoring service, with 65 families requesting help in the first nine months of this year in comparison to 35 for the whole of 2008.

According to the charity, divorce, separation and parental employment trends are serving to create complex family dynamics.