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040 _aWSS
_dAFV
100 _aCottrell, Barbara
_9973
245 _aParent abuse :
_bthe abuse of parents by their teenage children
_cCottrell, Barbara; Health Canada. Family Violence Prevention Unit
260 _aOttawa
_bHealth Canada
_c2001
300 _a49 p.
365 _a00
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520 _a There are striking similarities between current attitudes toward parent abuse and the old attitudes toward wife abuse. Parents are usually the first people blamed for the behaviour of their children, but there are few supports and interventions available to them. There is also little public awareness of parent abuse. To determine the nature and parameters of parent abuse, initial research was conducted in 1995-96 in Halifax, Nova Scotia by Barbara Cottrell and Mary Anne Finlayson of Meta Research and Communications. The project was sponsored by the Captain William Spry Community Centre, the Committee Against Woman Abuse and the Family Service Association of the Halifax Regional Municipality, and was funded by Health Canada. We talked to parents, professionals and adolescents in group discussions and in formal and informal individual interviews. We listened to 45 parents who had experienced parent abuse; 39 teenagers; 34 community workers, clinicians, academics and other professionals. A number of people interviewed self-identified as both a professional and a parent of an abusive teen. We also researched the literature and found a huge void on the topic of the abuse of parents by their teenage children. A 1993 literature review prepared for the Family Violence Prevention Division of Health Canada (Four Variations of Family Violence: A Review of Sociological Research, 1993: 8) states that the substantial body of data on family violence includes little reliable information on forms of violence other than spousal abuse. It warns that "(M)any young people ... physically victimize their parents. Again, this is a problem that has been, by and large, ignored by Canadian researchers." Little has been published on the topic since then, yet counsellors, social workers and other professionals continue to hear from clients more and more anecdotal evidence of this form of family violence.--FROM INTRODUCTION Note: This report is no longer available on the internet. In 2004,the author of this report, published "When teens abuse their parent". Click on the More information link for the publisher's information on this book. This book may be available through inter library loan from your local library.
650 2 7 _aADOLESCENTS
_943
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aOFFENDERS
_9413
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aPARENT ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP
_9423
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aPARENTING
_9429
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aPHYSICAL ABUSE
_9439
650 2 4 _aPSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
_9472
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aVICTIMS
_9622
650 2 7 _9660
_aYOUNG PEOPLE
650 2 7 _977
_aPARENTAL ABUSE
651 4 _aCANADA
_92602
700 1 _aHealth Canada. Family Violence Prevention Unit
_91323
856 4 _uhttp://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/When-Teens-Abuse-Their-Parents-Barbara-Cottrell/
_zMore information
942 _2ddc
_cREPORT
999 _c3142
_d3142