Premium
How parentline helps
Author(s) -
Burton Virginia,
Baisden Carole
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/car.2380030410
Subject(s) - acknowledgement , neglect , atmosphere (unit) , service (business) , child abuse , child protection , psychology , sociology , law , political science , suicide prevention , medicine , computer security , psychiatry , poison control , computer science , medical emergency , business , physics , marketing , thermodynamics
In their Editorial‐Child Abuse Review Vol. 3: 1‐3–Kevin Browne and Margaret Lynch called for “more support for families and children in need”. They highlighted the necessity of increasing resources for children and families in need. PARENTLINE is one such source of support. PARENTLINE began in 1973 as a UK community‐based response to the death of Maria Colwell, the first public acknowledgement in modem times of the existence of child abuse and neglect. PARENTLINE offers a safe, non‐judgemental, non‐threatening support service to anyone who parents a child, in an atmosphere where parents can feel comfortable talking about anything or any problem that concerns them or any child in their family. They are given time in which they can be sensitively and closely listened to and are helped to talk through and identify their own solutions and strategies wherever possible.