Almost 2,000 calls to parents' helpline over violent and aggressive children

Almost 2,000 calls to parents' helpline over violent and aggressive children

One in every 10 callers to Parentline now reference their child’s anxiety as the reason for the call.

Physically violent and aggressive children were the biggest single cause of calls to Parentline from worried parents in 2022.

The national parent helpline was “inundated” with calls from parents experiencing abuse from their children in 2022.

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