Identify And Explain The Effects Of Domestic Violence On Children

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According to Stiles (2002), it is estimated that 3.2 million American children witness incidents of domestic violence annually. Witnessing domestic violence can lead children to build up a variety of age-ward negative impacts. These children are at more serious danger for internal practices, for example, anxiety and misery, as well as for externalized practices, for example, fighting, harassing, lying, or cheating. Disrupted needs for attachment, creating poor sleeping and dietary patterns, and higher danger of physical harm are some of the impacts shown in newborn children who witness violence. Preschool children begin to lack feeling of security. Ordinarily children this age look to their parents for security and assurance, but this is not

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