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180 Children’s Needs – Parenting Capacity The acquisition of a range of coping strategies and being sufficiently confidentto know what to do when parents are incapacitated. An ability to separate, either psychologically or physically, from the stressfulsituation. Information on how to contact relevant professionals and a contact person inthe event of a crisis regarding the parent. Non-judgemental support from relevant professionals. Some children derivesatisfaction from the caring role and their responsibility for and influence withinthe family. However, many feel that their role is not sufficiently recognised. An alternative, safe and supportive residence for mothers and children subjectto violence and the threat of violence.Children aged 16 years and overHealthExpected healthTaking account of limitations due to disability or an ongoing health condition,there is an expectation that adolescents aged 16 or more can manage their ownhealth needs. Young people should certainly be able to seek advice from parents,carers or doctors.Many young women are unhappy about the shape of their bodies ‘...by late teensand early twenties, up to half of girls have dieted, usually without success’ (Leffert andPetersen 1995, p.69). Research suggests the average prevalence rates for anorexianervosa and bulimia nervosa among young females 15 to 24 years are 0.3 and 1%,respectively. Anorexia nervosa is a common disorder among young white women,but is extremely rare among young black women (Hoek 2006).Illicit drug use increases with late adolescence. Hoare and Moon (2010) analysisof the British Crime Survey 2009/10 found around 2 in 5 young people aged 16 to24 years had used illicit drugs at some stage in their lifetime. About 1 in 5 (20%) hadused one or more illicit drugs in the year prior to the survey and 1 in 9 (11.6%) inthe month prior to the survey. However, drug use among this age group had fallen.For example, young people using any illicit drugs in the previous year fell from29.7% in 1996 to 20% in 2009/10. Cannabis was the most popular drug. Drug useis associated with social class. The higher the social class the more likely it is that theyoung person will have experimented with illicit drugs (Leitner et al. 1993).Late adolescence is also a period of sexual experimentation. It is a time whenmany young people embark on their first sexual relationship. Provisional data for

Child development and parents’ responses – adolescence 1812008 show conception rates for girls aged 15–17 years in England were 40.5 per1,000 girls, a decrease of 3.1% from the 2007 rate and the lowest rate for over 20years. Half (49.7%) of conceptions to this age group led to a legal abortion. Therate of conceptions for girls aged 15-17 years has declined by 6.1% since 1998but, as already noted in relation to girls aged 11–15 years, the conception rate inEngland remains one of the highest teenage conception rates in Western Europe(Department for Education 2011). Teenage pregnancy is associated with negativeoutcomes for mothers and children. As noted earlier in the section for children aged11-15 years, guidance to tackle the issue was put in place in 2010 (Department forChildren, Schools and Families and Department of Health 2010).Possible impact on healthThere are three main health issues for older adolescents whose parents have problems:inappropriate role models, greater risk of accidents, and difficulties related to sexualrelationships.Parents are powerful role models for their children. There is considerable researchwhich suggests that young people whose parents misuse substances develop a similarpattern of alcohol and drug use as a strategy to cope with difficult situations andnegative feelings (Kroll and Taylor 2003; Covell and Howe 2009). For example,in a study of young heroin users half identified that a member of the family hada substance-misuse problem (Wisely et al. 1997 referred to in Kroll and Taylor2003, p.181). What is less clear is the relative role and significance of genetic andenvironmental factors. For example, genetics may play a role in determining levelsof consumption and metabolism of alcohol. Nonetheless, many young people arefearful that they will become their parents and find it hard to believe that they havechoices. There is also some evidence to suggest that a father’s alcohol misuse is moreassociated, than the mother’s, with their child’s alcohol use (Dunn et al. 2002).I’ve been involved with drinking, drugs, fighting. I’m desperate to change. I don’twant to be like dad.(Roy aged 16 years, quoted in ChildLine 1997, p.33)It is generally accepted that alcohol and drug use is the result of a combinationof many factors such as culture, childhood experiences and social circumstances.Research has identified three issues which are significant predictors of young people’svulnerability to tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use: the affiliation with a delinquentor drug-using subculture, the wish for novelty, and parental illicit drug use (Vellemanand Orford 2001). The picture is further complicated because parental attitudes maybe more relevant to the adolescent’s drug use than actual parental behaviour. Indeed,the relationship between extreme parental attitudes and behaviours and children’sreactions is complex. For example, children may adopt equally extreme but oppositepositions (Velleman 1993).

180 Children’s <strong>Needs</strong> – <strong>Parenting</strong> <strong>Capacity</strong> The acquisition of a range of coping strategies and being sufficiently confidentto know what to do when parents are incapacitated. An ability to separate, either psychologically or physically, from the stressfulsituation. Information on how to contact relevant professionals and a contact person inthe event of a crisis regarding the parent. Non-judgemental support from relevant professionals. Some children derivesatisfaction from the caring role and their responsibility for and influence withinthe family. However, many feel that their role is not sufficiently recognised. An alternative, safe and supportive residence for mothers and children subjectto violence and the threat of violence.Children aged 16 years and overHealthExpected healthTaking account of limitations due to disability or an ongoing health condition,there is an expectation that adolescents aged 16 or more can manage their ownhealth needs. Young people should certainly be able to seek advice from parents,carers or doctors.Many young women are unhappy about the shape of their bodies ‘...by late teensand early twenties, up to half of girls have dieted, usually without success’ (Leffert andPetersen 1995, p.69). Research suggests the average prevalence rates for anorexianervosa and bulimia nervosa among young females 15 to 24 years are 0.3 and 1%,respectively. Anorexia nervosa is a common disorder among young white women,but is extremely rare among young black women (Hoek 2006).Illicit drug use increases with late adolescence. Hoare and Moon (2010) analysisof the British Crime Survey 2009/10 found around 2 in 5 young people aged 16 to24 years had used illicit drugs at some stage in their lifetime. About 1 in 5 (20%) hadused one or more illicit drugs in the year prior to the survey and 1 in 9 (11.6%) inthe month prior to the survey. However, drug use among this age group had fallen.For example, young people using any illicit drugs in the previous year fell from29.7% in 1996 to 20% in 2009/10. Cannabis was the most popular drug. Drug useis associated with social class. The higher the social class the more likely it is that theyoung person will have experimented with illicit drugs (Leitner et al. 1993).Late adolescence is also a period of sexual experimentation. It is a time whenmany young people embark on their first sexual relationship. Provisional data for

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