Child-to-parent violence most common issue among parents ringing helpline
Changing nature of parenting is reflected in 40 years of calls to Parentline
‘There are people out there who could do with the services of Parentline’
Mother-of-five Aileen Hickie brings first-hand experience to her new role as CEO of an organisation now 40 years in existence
‘If a teenager says they don’t want to go to school – what do you do?’
There is an increase in children refusing to attend school but ‘there is no standard solution’
‘Everything about a phone is fine until it is not fine’
Parents need to lead by example when monitoring children’s smartphone usage
Childhood aggression: ‘We began to hear parents saying they were afraid of their children’
Once unheard of, parents are increasingly reporting violent attacks on them by their children, an urgent issue, say child experts
Exhausted? Inefficient? Distant? Parental burnout is inevitable
Most parents, not just mothers, become distressed and exhausted at some stage
Should you instinctively know how to be a parent?
What is it about having a baby that’s so hard? And why don’t people ask for help?
Moving from primary to secondary school: a parent’s survival guide
Apprehension as well as excitement is natural for first-year pupils and their parents
10 ways to comfort a crying baby and keep yourself calm
All babies have moments, days or weeks when they cry more than usual, and it can be very upsetting and frustrating for parents who are trying to soothe them
Shaken baby syndrome: ‘Moment of madness’ that changes lives forever
Persistent crying is the most common trigger for abusive head injuries in babies
Pregnancy anxiety can mess with your head as well as your body
When do natural pregnancy and baby worries become clinically significant symptoms?
‘My son has no voice in the school yard’
Parents of children with special educational needs face a tiring labyrinth of twists and turns
As a parent under pressure – who are you gonna call?
Meet the volunteers at the other end of Parentline helping fellow parents to help themselves
‘Hooded men’ want State to decide in review of ECHR finding
European court found men subject to ‘inhuman’ treatment by British army, not torture
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