Essay about CJA 314 WEEK 4 CHILD EXPOSURE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

The policy issues that seem to be a major concern in the United States is about children being exposed to domestic violence in the home. No-one really looks at what the children have to go through when this happens. There could be some major damage done to the children that have been exposed to this happening. Boston police go on an average of about 200 calls a month on domestic violence.

In addition, domestic violence in the family institution will be risky to children’s life. Parents may think and assume that children will not see if the domestic violence occurred among them as the children was sleeping or playing on the other side of the house. Parent also will not assume that children will not know what happen between them and children may think that they are just having conversation because children do not see what is happening inside the room. However, children will be able to hear and see more than their parent’s acknowledgement. The possibility that will be happened from that particular situation is they might face difficulty to sleep due to the violence occurred. Children who see or hear violence will live in fear. From that situation, children will be more afraid and feel uncomfortable live at home when they are facing their parent. When they become teenagers, they might be involved in a crime and social problems.

Children’s exposure to domestic violence negatively affects children’s health and development. Millions of children are exposed to domestic violence on a daily. 3.3-10 million children are exposed to domestic violence annually (Wilson Pg.9). Many children’s futures are affected by the things they witness. Majority of what they witness alters they’re outlook on many situations that occur.

The goal of this research Profiles of Behavioral Problems in Children Who Witness Domestic Violence was to study about how young child to cope with the impact of witnessing domestic violence. Unlike the pervious study that have used shelter-based samples, their study studied a sample of 175 school-aged children who exposed to domestic violence in a community program and it examined the problems in profiles of adjustment (Spilsbury & Kahana & Drotar, 2008). All the participant was recruited from the Children Who Witness Violence Program (CWWVP) who were receiving services from this program. They were then asked if they want to participate in a study of studying the outcome of this program and all of them agreed. Total of 1019 children who have the experience of witnessing domestic violence and they’re between the

Children’s exposure to domestic violence is a problem that researchers are becoming more interested in. How children are affected by an issue that is primarily discussed as being directly affected by spouses and partners is the current question. Domestic violence is an issue that affects the children in those environments even worse is the answer. In this research paper through qualitative and quantitative data from peer reviewed articles, questions like: what is domestic violence? How does it affect children whom are involved? What do statistics say? What are the short-term and long term affects it plays on children? Where does the human service profession come into play? What has been done to help children who are exposed

Children look at their parents as their own personal hero’s, but what type of a role model is a father who hits a mother? Who is truly to blame when a child feels responsible for what’s happening in the home? Being exposed to domestic violence seriously threatens the health and emotional wellbeing of children. Researchers found date that when domestic violence occurs in households with children, the children grow up feeling guilty, hopeless, and unloved. Sometimes these children follow in the footsteps of their parents by becoming the abuser. Some grow up to commit crimes; others turn to drugs for comfort.

“Children living with domestic violence suffer emotional and psychological trauma from the impact of living in a household that is dominated by tension and fear. These children will see their mother threatened, demeaned or physically or sexually assaulted.” (Impact of Domestic Violence on Children and Young People, 2016)

3.Domestic violence (DV) has been occurring for many years, even before my generation and the generation before. The most common violence is against women, which has occurred throughout the world for many years. The public ignored violent men and the violence towards women. Women who were in danger were judged and viewed as inadequate when they were unable to protect their child. This led to women having a lack of resource and put the children at risk for witnessing domestic violence. In this paper we will discuss the intersection between domestic violence and children. The big question we have to ask our self after reading this paper is should the state be able to remove a child from a home where domestic violence occurs often?

For a child to see the two people he/she loves most in the world engaged in physical battle can be terrifying and harmful in many ways. Parents need to be sensitive to the effects that witnessing domestic violence will have on their children and shield them from it wherever possible. Whether violence has always been part of the parents’ relationship or whether it has become a part of it due to the frustration of a failing parental relationship, it is likely that a child will have a degree of ambivalence about the final breakdown of the relationship and, paradoxically, this can make it harder for the child to grieve and recover.

McGee’s (2000:70) research showed, that for several children, the influence of living with fear and intimidation on a regular basis is more disturbing than the effects of specific violent incidents. Fear is the most mutual impact of domestic violence on children (McGee 2000:70). Children are more afraid of their fathers’ (or their mother’s partners’) unpredictability, they do not know what is going to happen or what he will do next. Children can also demonstrate more specific fears, in regards to the violence for example, they may fear for their own safety daily or certainly their life.

The article performed a study to determine the connection between the psychological effects of mothers and children who survived domestic violence. The study found out that mothers and children who survived domestic violence have a chance of developing posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD).Which is an anxiety disorder is an emotional health issue It is described by an example of possibly handicapping reactions counting re-encountering of occasions of

In a similar study by Ybarra, Wilkens, Lieberman (2007) the goal was to determine if domestic violence leads to functioning shortfalls, and what its effects it has on a child’s behavioral and cognitive functioning. In homes where domestic violence happens, young children are more likely to witness violence than older children. It was hypothesized that children who witnessed violence at home had lower verbal capabilities, and would display greater internalizing and externalizing behaviors.

Parents are their children’s first role model in life, witnessing domestic violence as the victim or perpetrator can make a child believe that is the norm and have them believe what is happening is okay. It has been proven that men who witnessed their fathers abusing their mothers are at greater risk of abusing their wives when they get older. Studies have also shown that those who witness and experience abuse as children are more likely to be in abusive relationships when they get older as the abuser or the victim. Domestic violence around children does not only affect their childhood, it shapes who they become as a whole and often aids the kind of person they will become.

Domestic violence is unfortunately capable of taking away from a kid’s learning ability and memory. The more traumatic an experience a child has been through, the more likely they are to forget things that they once were able to. This tragic fact has a huge effect on a child's performance throughout school, with common speech setbacks and a large insufficient amount of problem solving skills and conflict resolutions. When grades begin to fall, children are then in classes that are not sufficient in preparing them for success. Long-term problems are inescapable for young placed children who constantly and repeatedly, helplessly watch domestic violence inside their homes, a place supposed to be a safe and warm place. The sad truth is that most people who witness domestic violence as children also see it as adults; males are likely to engage in domestic violence, while females are likely to become victims and the other way around. With this kind of regularity of violence, it is likely that the cycle will continue in their families and so on.

Domestic violence changes the atmosphere in family households dramatically. Constant fear and confusion replaces the feelings of love and comfort that are expected to be present in normal family homes. When children witness their mother or father being abused they may feel guilty that they cannot protect their parent or they may even feel that the abuse is their fault. The abuse can also extend to the child or the child may be