Matricide is the killing of a mother by her child. A recent report analysing the deaths of women in the UK from 2009 to 2023 reveals that nearly one in ten women who died at the hands of men were mothers killed by their sons. WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY THEIR OWN
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Are you dreading the thought of spending time out of a routine and away from your support network? Worried about yourself or your children? Is it time to seek help? Although the summer holidays seem a way off, at this time of year we often see an increase in domestic abuse that has been fuelled
Last week, a teaching union warned that a “masculinity crisis is brewing” in UK schools after almost a quarter of female teachers it surveyed reported that they have been subject to misogynistic abuse from a pupil in the last year. It is the fourth year in a row that NASUWT has surveyed a rise in
Social media bans, digital curfews and time limits on apps are to be trialled in the homes of hundreds of UK teenagers. The test, led by the UK government, will see 300 teens involved have their social apps disabled entirely, blocked overnight or capped to one hour’s use – with some also seeing no such changes at all – in
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Over the Summer holidays as a parent of a teenager you’ve probably spent more time with them and found out more details about their day to day lives and relationships. And, with the rise of misogynistic social media outlets and influencers, you may have some concerns or have spotted some red flags when chatting with
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