Childline – a 24 hour free helpline that any child in distress can call.
Tel: 0800 1111
National Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children – a 24 hour free helpline that anyone who fears a child is being hurt can call. Tel: 0808 800 5000
Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance, 94 White Lion Street, London N1 9PF – an alliance of organisations and individuals seeking legal reform to give children the same protection as adults under the law on assault. They also promote positive, non-violent discipline. For a membership form, send an SAE marked ‘Please Send Membership Details.’
EPOCH, 77 Holloway Road, London, N7 8JZ. For a free copy of the leaflet The Anti-Smacking Guide To Good Behaviour by Penelope Leach, send an SAE marked ‘Penelope Leach Leaflet.’
Kidscape, 2 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0DH. For a free copy of the leaflet Why My Child? which helps parents deal with the sexual abuse of their child, send a large SAE marked ‘Why My Child?’
Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injury by Alice Miller (Virago, 1990)
The Successful Self by Dorothy Rowe (Harper Collins, 1993)
Toxic Parents by Dr Susan Forward (Bantam Press, 1990)
The Gift Of Fear by Gavin de Becker (Bloomsbury, 1997)