Child to parent violence has more than quadrupled during pandemic

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The number of parents who have had to seek support from a national helpline to deal with their violent children has more than quadrupled in 2020 with Parentline linking the increase to the pandemic.

From January to September 2019, 30 families completed Parentline's Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) programme, which helps parents deal with violent children.