“The gap between how these parents behave in public and how they behave in private, can be considerable,” says Alyson. Alyson says that demonising parents isn’t the intention: the point, she says, is to target teens and young adults, and the concept of horrid parents, linking to Horrid Henry, seemed a good way in. It’s often hard to know what mood your horrid parent might be in and you can feel you are treading on eggshells. You can become the person you want to be in every area of life, with or without your horrid parent’s approval. Don’t get involved with someone who is like your horrid parent or because they are an escape route.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2017 06:00 UTC