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| This week is Children’s Mental Health Week. We welcome the recent publication of the green paper Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision and its acknowledgment of the impact of inter-parental relationships on children’s and young people’s mental health. | This week is Children’s Mental Health Week. We welcome the recent publication of the green paper Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision and its acknowledgment of the impact of inter-parental relationships on children’s and young people’s mental health. |
| However, we are concerned that having recognised the ubiquitous nature of this issue – with one in 10 of the 11 million children under 16 in the UK being exposed to potentially damaging levels of conflict between parental couples – the green paper proposes addressing the issue solely in workless households, through the Department for Work and Pensions. | However, we are concerned that having recognised the ubiquitous nature of this issue – with one in 10 of the 11 million children under 16 in the UK being exposed to potentially damaging levels of conflict between parental couples – the green paper proposes addressing the issue solely in workless households, through the Department for Work and Pensions. |
| We welcome the DWP’s recognition of the importance of this area and its forthcoming programme to help some of the most vulnerable families in a limited number of regions. However, given the evidence of the prevalence of this issue, and its impact, we believe it requires a more strategic response from the Department of Health in order to address an area of such salience to so many of the nation’s children. While parenting classes are available through children and young people’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme services, “just targeting the parental-child relationship in the context of ongoing inter-parental conflict does not lead to sustained positive outcomes for children”, as the Early Intervention Foundation review (Harold et al, 2016) pointed out. We hope the government will respond positively to these concerns by setting out more ambitious plans to help all children affected.Andrew BalfourChief executive, Tavistock RelationshipsMark MoldenChief executive, Marriage CareDavid HolmesChief executive, Family ActionDr Camilla RosanProgramme lead for families, children and young people, Mental Health FoundationChris SherwoodChief executive, RelateNick WaggettChief executive, Association of Child PsychotherapistsHadyn WilliamsChief executive, British Association for Counselling and PsychotherapyFrank YoungHead of family policy, Centre for Social JusticeClaire TylerLib Dem, House of Lords. Vice-chair, APPG for strengthening couple relationships and reducing inter-parental conflictJon Cruddas MPLab, Dagenham and RainhamMargaret EatonCon, House of Lords | We welcome the DWP’s recognition of the importance of this area and its forthcoming programme to help some of the most vulnerable families in a limited number of regions. However, given the evidence of the prevalence of this issue, and its impact, we believe it requires a more strategic response from the Department of Health in order to address an area of such salience to so many of the nation’s children. While parenting classes are available through children and young people’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme services, “just targeting the parental-child relationship in the context of ongoing inter-parental conflict does not lead to sustained positive outcomes for children”, as the Early Intervention Foundation review (Harold et al, 2016) pointed out. We hope the government will respond positively to these concerns by setting out more ambitious plans to help all children affected.Andrew BalfourChief executive, Tavistock RelationshipsMark MoldenChief executive, Marriage CareDavid HolmesChief executive, Family ActionDr Camilla RosanProgramme lead for families, children and young people, Mental Health FoundationChris SherwoodChief executive, RelateNick WaggettChief executive, Association of Child PsychotherapistsHadyn WilliamsChief executive, British Association for Counselling and PsychotherapyFrank YoungHead of family policy, Centre for Social JusticeClaire TylerLib Dem, House of Lords. Vice-chair, APPG for strengthening couple relationships and reducing inter-parental conflictJon Cruddas MPLab, Dagenham and RainhamMargaret EatonCon, House of Lords |
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