Parenting: The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Children

Introduction Every year, children ages two to eighteen are exposed to violence in their homes, schools, neighbors and through their casual and romantic relationships. These abusive actions more often start within the family portion of the society. But what is domestic violence? “Domestic Violence is a violent confrontation between family or household members involving physical harm, sexual assault or fear of physical harm. Family or household members include spouses/former spouses…”According to a survey commissioned by the Canadian Women’s Foundation; half of all women in Canada have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once since the age of sixteen and over. Half …show more content…
Although witnessing has huge impacts on their performance, children may be subjected to direct physical or sexual abusing situations where they have been badly beaten. Parenting a child who experienced maltreatment might be very challenging. After the event many children end up in shelters, foster homes or they are likely to stay with their single parent who also had been abused. In this situation the issues they may face down the road is not limited with social or psychological problems. They will be influenced by the financial difficulties caused by the event. According to the research by The National Network, where DV is present, financial problems can trigger the abuse and increase the severity. However financial problems that comes after the abuse psychologically does more harm to the children than ever. Children become aware of their financial limitations but reacts delicately to the issue. It almost restricts their utility rights rendering the younger ones stand upon their psychological needs and fight for wanting more freedom because what will be given will not fulfil their satisfaction. Some of the subtopics that I come up with are the effects of violence on their social-emotional life, long term effects