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Parenting: Children who attack their parents

Why has the number of crimes involving children attacking their parents doubled in the last three years? Jenni speaks to Emma Glasbey, 大象传媒 Yorkshire鈥檚 home affairs correspondent.

Police forces across the country have found that the number of crimes involving children attacking their parents has doubled in the last three years from 7,000 to 14,000. The figures have been uncovered by 大象传媒 Yorkshire after they made a Freedom of Information request. They were invited to attend a course in Doncaster called Getting On. It鈥檚 one of a handful of similar schemes around the country which aim to help parents and children find a solution to this type of abuse. Jenni speaks to Emma Glasbey, 大象传媒 Yorkshire鈥檚 home affairs correspondent.

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