Children talking to ChildLine about family relationship problems (ChildLine Casenotes)

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Children talking to ChildLine about family relationship problems

Front cover of Children talking to ChildLine about family relationship problems ChildLine Casenotes is a series of reports based on analysis of calls to ChildLine, a free confidential helpline for children and young people in the UK provided by the NSPCC.

Children talking to ChildLine about family relationship problems (PDF, 596KB) is our latest report and is based on detailed analysis of calls to ChildLine from 1 April 2006 to
31 March 2007.

In 2006/07, 20,586 children and young people spoke to ChildLine about family relationship problems, representing 12 per cent of all calls.
As well as the 20,586 callers, 22,704 children and young people rang to talk about another issue but also mentioned family relationship problems.
In total, 43,290 children and young people spoke to ChildLine in 2006/07 about family relationship problems (either specifically or among other subjects), making it by far the most commonly discussed issue overall.