From January to September 2019, 30 families completed Parentline's Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) programme, which helps parents deal with violent children. In September 2019 there was just one family enrolled on the Parentline NVR programme. Boys aged 12 to 17 made up most of those involved in incidents of violence against their parents. No parents want to countenance that their own child would want to hurt them, but it’s happening and it has increased since the pandemic. Parents enrolling on the NVR programme are “not there because their child threw a tantrum”, she added.

Source: Irish Examiner November 14, 2020 07:00 UTC