Children's Adverse Reactions on Domestic Violence Have you ever imagined that some people who are being parents were extremely cruel abusing their children and treating their lovers violently? In fact, abuse is a totally unacceptable action as it will bring a lot of bad effects. Therefore, I found three key adverse influences that violence and abuse at home bring to a family are hurting family members physically and psychologically, ruining the relationship between family and abuser, and affecting the growing values of children negatively. To begin with, the first outcome of abusing at home is hurting family members physically and psychologically. Maltreat with family will make them get injury in different aspects. If victims are abused by family day-by-day, they will be painful continuously, especially in their mental aspect. An organization concerned about the domestic violence, The Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable (2008) found “Children who are exposed to battering become fearful and anxious. They are always on guard, watching and waiting for the next event to occur” ; it stated that children …show more content…
Within an abusive relationship, victims always believing that abusers, that mean their family, will change very soon. But time goes by and their relationship was ruined since many abusers are not going to get rid of abuse, things only getting worsen as no one try to stop their poor actions, hurting is continuing. One of the victims of abuse, Sam (2013) wrote “I hate my father, he constantly insults me and my siblings and hits us sometimes.” In case, Sam was under emotional abuse by his father, he hates his dad because of the abuse. No one can accept others using violence against them, even dearest family members. Sam is a good example to illustrate that abuse at home will destroy the relationship between the battering one and the injured
For many people growing up in an abusive lifestyle they are more than likely to carry on the “tradition” of abusing. “ "Thief! I did not raise you a thief, but you are one when I was your age, I was away from home, working. You only steal from me." "I didn't" He hit me hard in the face, and I stumbled back onto my bed.
CPS 617 A: Assess.& Treatment of Child Abuse MeeSoo Lee Reaction Paper from chapter 1 to chapter 6 1. family abuse landscape “Abuse in the family” has been long in the history, however, it was not until the article called battered child syndrome (Kempe, et al., 1962) was appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association and started getting attention form professionals. Before that, culturally parents used to be thought to have a right to treat their children and also battered women’s shelters appeared with the term “spouse abuse” in 1972. I think it is very important that the issue is being able to get appropriate
Sally’s father hit her, resulting in her to keep quiet and to not talk about it to others. “But Sally doesn’t tell about that time he hit her with his hands just like a dog, she said, life if I was an animal. He thinks I’m going to run away like his sisters who made the family ashamed,” (Cisneros, 92). Sally’s father thought of her as if she was his sister who ran away. Women like Sally, went through abuse is strong for having to keep up with it.
To stay in dominant in a family, abusers are sure to punish those who disobey them, since they have the one goal “to have the complete control over the family”. Although they may force their family back, their living conditions are never going to getting better. The house is still surrounded by tension and fear, victims live on tenterhooks with little power to fight back.
This where domestic violence falls into place. Children can be affected when they have witnessed domestic violence. When we say domestic violence, we are talking about what goes on at the child’s home, behind closed doors. For example, if the child has both parents in their lives then the father can be abusing the mother. Which eventually comes down to the child being abused because the mother is being abused as well.
The Good and the Bad Victims of domestic violence are not at fault for the abuse that is inflicted upon them. A lot of people ask why the victim stayed in the first place, but in some cases the answer is not always so simple. According to Why Do Abuse Victims Stay, “We often put ourselves in the place of the victims and imagine ourselves leaving at the first signs of abuse. But breaking free of abuse is not simply a matter of walking out the door. Leaving is a process.”
What would you do if you had a gun pointed at your head by your spouse several times? Or beaten twice a week? Leslie Morgan Steiner, has been though domestic abuse and creates a speech to answer a question most people ask, “Why does she stay?” (Steiner). In the speech logos, pathos and ethos are used to make her point proven on how domestic abuse is an important issue and why it need to be spoken about.
Maltreatment has a severe impact on a child’s current and future functioning and development regarding their emotional, social, cognitive, behavioral, and physical wellbeing.(Frederico 345). Different types of abuse, such as physical, emotional, and sexual have different consequences, but the consequences of all maltreatment, are likely to happen in three stages. Firstly, a child may have an initial reaction such as post-traumatic symptoms, painful emotions, and cognitive distortions. Secondly, children develop coping strategies that are aimed to help increase their safety or reduce their pain. Thirdly, a child 's sense of self-worth is damaged and develop the feeling of shame and hopelessness..
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious social problem, it harms the people involved and the community one resides in. Intimate Partner Violence “refers to physical, psychological, and/or sexual coercion perpetrated in the context of an intimate relationship” (McHugh, et al, 2006). Intimate Partner Violence can be perpetrated by current or former intimate partner, which includes spouse, ex-spouse, current or former boyfriend or girlfriend, dating partner, or a date (Breiding et al, 2008,).
The effects on children who are age five and older are a little different than those who are under the age of 5 and may affect areas involving psychological, social, physical, behavioral, and learning. The psychological effects of domestic violence include separation anxiety, low self-esteem, distress, PTSD and suicidal thoughts or attempts. The social effects may include aggressive play, isolation and bullying. The physical effects include bed-wetting and enuresis, hunger, and sickness. The behavioral effects may include extreme outbursts, poor attention and poor concentration.
Violence includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Speaking out of the traumatic events of an individual’s experience is an emotional toll for woman and also increases the traumatic event to re-experience what they have experienced. Battered women can only handle so much; they deal with the constant fear of their life and their children. The fear of leaving also makes them incapable of leaving their abusive relationship. In addition, the first place they will tend to seek help is from the criminal justice system.
I strongly believe that there should be tougher law enforcement to protect against domestic violence. No one should experience or be exposed to domestic violence for it; affects family life’ increase the crime rate in countries, and it affects one’s body and mind. Firstly, domestic violence causes a number of effects on family life, it affects how family members relate to one another because they will not feel the appropriate
Domestic Violence: Early Exposure to Violence and How Violence Affects Children and Families By: Emily Lopez Texas Woman’s University 03/06/2018 Abstract Domestic Violence is an issue that is prevalent in the United States. Domestic violence can have a tremendous impact on individuals, children and families and last a lifetime. This paper will examine two theories, social learning theory and conflict theory, and will be used to address the issue of domestic violence.
According to the United Nations Millennium Project (2006) 339,000 to 2.7 million children in the United States are exposed to domestic violence. Researchers estimate that between 3 and 17.8 million children are exposed to one incident of domestic violence each year (Kitzmann et al., 2003). The variation in reported rates may be due to use of different definitions of domestic violence and what constitutes children’s exposure to domestic
Domestic violence may begin with emotional and verbal abuse and progress to physical violence and sometimes even to murder and murder-suicide, often involving the whole family. When I think about domestic violence involving a wife and mother, I often wonder as many people do, why she did not just leave? Rather than seeking to understand the victim’s circumstances and reasons for not leaving, society often blames her.