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Parents Victimised by their Children

Parents Victimised by their Children The author has worked with over 60 families where children have been violent to parents. In the light of this experience (and a review of the scant literature) he identifies two common patterns: sole mothers being victimised by children after having experienced violence from partners; and over-responsible parents, often middle-class, being victimised by over-entitled children. This, the first of two articles, looks at some of the basic issues involved and offers some ideas on working with parents. The second article will focus on how to work with the young people involved. Anna and Mark For the past two or three years I suffered severely. I was verbally abused, hit and kicked and I was afraid of him. In fits of rage and anger he would hurt me and cause damage to my home. He was a violent, abusive and angry person who would not do anything he was told and could not take “no” for an answer. When he didn’t get what he wanted, especially money, he would start abusing me and get stuck into me. He was like a person possessed. This was domestic and violent, but not ‘domestic violence’ as usually understood. Anna, a single mother, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
2004 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1002/j.1467-8438.2004.tb00573.x
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Abstract

The author has worked with over 60 families where children have been violent to parents. In the light of this experience (and a review of the scant literature) he identifies two common patterns: sole mothers being victimised by children after having experienced violence from partners; and over-responsible parents, often middle-class, being victimised by over-entitled children. This, the first of two articles, looks at some of the basic issues involved and offers some ideas on working with parents. The second article will focus on how to work with the young people involved. Anna and Mark For the past two or three years I suffered severely. I was verbally abused, hit and kicked and I was afraid of him. In fits of rage and anger he would hurt me and cause damage to my home. He was a violent, abusive and angry person who would not do anything he was told and could not take “no” for an answer. When he didn’t get what he wanted, especially money, he would start abusing me and get stuck into me. He was like a person possessed. This was domestic and violent, but not ‘domestic violence’ as usually understood. Anna, a single mother,

Journal

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family TherapyWiley

Published: Mar 1, 2004

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