Medically reviewed by Aleesha Grier, PsyD Key Takeaways Controlling behavior happens when someone tries to make another person do what they want.A controlling person might use threats, love, or money ...

All children suffer in families where one partner abuses and controls the other (Stark, 2023). In our work, we have seen that first-born child often suffer the most. In coercive control, one person ...

The wellbeing of children is under the spotlight in the UK, after a 2025 report from Unicef ranked the UK at 21 out of 36 wealthy countries on child wellbeing. With growing concerns about mental ...

In Australia, there is growing recognition that children and young people are not just witnesses to domestic, family and sexual violence, but victim-survivors in their own right. While we are getting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As members of Gen X and Millennials became parents, the general trend of having more money and time for children continued, ...