CRISIS RULES

It would be lovely if you could get your kids through their childhoods without ever having to deal with a real crisis. But, sadly, very few parents manage it. It could be divorce, severe illness, financial disaster, the death of one of the family, serious bullying at school, redundancy, house repossession. These situations are generally a major problem for you as a parent in themselves, as well as giving you cause to worry about your child.

You might have all sorts of brilliant strategies, techniques, house rules and policies that mean you sail through most everyday problems with the kids. But when this kind of crisis hits, you are often completely ...

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