What is parental conflict?
- Parental conflict is generally issue-focused
- It can include feelings of anger or even extreme anger, between partners or ex-partners
- Conflict often takes the form of loud arguments that are intense, happen frequently without finding a resolution
- a common feature is each person blaming the other for what's going on.
- It can occur in all types of families: between biological parents, step parents, foster and adoptive parents, parents and grandparents and separated and divorced parents to name just a few.
- Parental conflict is very different from domestic abuse, which includes hitting or pushing, name-calling, a pattern of controlling behaviour, and living in fear of your partner.
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Last modified on 11 July 2023