Fix your ways, parents told

16 April 2015 - 02:41
By Dominic Skelton

Violence in households, schools and communities costs the country up to R42.4-billion a year. The exposure of children to violence used as a means of problem-solving increases the likelihood that they will grow up to engage in violent behaviour.This is according to an Institute for Security Studies report, released yesterday, on a study that looked into how parents can lessen violence.

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