Children and Domestic Violence
Children from violent homes often find relationships difficult. It is very understandable why children who grow up witnessing abuse, have adifficult time with social relations. It is common for them to have difficulty trusting others, display overly aggresive or passive behavior, difficulty problem solving, poor anger management and isolation from friends and relatives. A child from a violent home is also more likely to become an abuser or a victim of abuse.Children from violent homes are more vulnerable to being abused themselves. A major study of more than 900 children at abused women's shelters found that nearly 70% of the children were themselves vicitms of physical abuse or neglect. Nearly half of the children had been physically or sexually abused. Five percent had been hospitalized due to abuse.
For further information download the Non-Violent Parenting Packet and our Children's Safety Plan.
The Nurturing Childern Wheel and the Abuse of Childern Wheel provide a visual reference for understanding the cycle of abuse.