Generational Effect Of Domestic Violence

Violence affects a healthy family’s relationship, state of mind and well-being, in other words, it’s normal functions. Because of violence, children are forced to endure and cope with mental, physical and emotional trauma leading to a display of impacts on health, development, and wellbeing. The effects build up over time and can impact on every aspect of their life.  How many children and innocent lives must suffer from something unnecessary? Imagine walking into a home late at night to find a child hiding in a corner, with a bloody face and cuts all around their body saying they were self-inflicted or making up other silly excuses like falling down the stairs out of extreme fear. Up to 75% of all acts of domestic violence occurs between the ages 18-24. No child should ever see domestic violence as normal because the moment that happens a future perpetrator has been born. We need to take a stand and refuse to let domestic violence become something we ignore.

The author talks about the social, physical, and behavioral consequences of domestic violence that are associated with children. Social consequences tend to be related to the violence directed to their mother. DeJong also points out the common association of domestic violence and child abuse. The author includes “studies indicate that families with either child abuse or domestic violence have a 30%-60% chance of having both types of violence occurring in the home.” (202). DeJong says that intervention could lead to removal of the perpetrator from the home, or just removing the children instead. Physical consequences involves direct injury to the child or indirect injury by not being able to provide a stable, safe, and nurturing environment for all children involved in the home. Behavioral consequences tend to be the most significant consequences. These are “generally poor social, emotional, and developmental growth of the child with associated poor overall physical and mental health during adulthood.” (202). These consequences could lead to the child having anxiety, depression, and problems with aggression. The author has a good sense of understanding pertaining the topic. This section of the article is well put together and provides a detailed description on the social, physical, and behavioral consequences of domestic violence on

Credentials: What does the author know about the subject? The author of this article knows what children need. In the article the author describes that child needs a safe and secure environment free of violence. They also need to feel loved and protected by both of their parents. The author also describes that children who are exposed to domestic violence may suffer arrange of lasting effects. ( UNICEF)

Domestic violence also greatly impacts the family structure and the relationships between the members. Domestic violence threatens both the relationship between the child and their mother and the child and their father. Children who are exposed to domestic violence do not have an emotionally available parent to foster their development and have a 30-60% higher risk for being abused by the perpetrator (NCADV, 2007); when the father is the perpetrator of the violence, he often knows little about his children, their interests, and progress in school (Crosson-Tower, 2009, p. 84). The mother’s parenting style may also be damaged from domestic violence; the perpetrator may not allow the mother to take care of her children properly or soothe them when they are upset, which can cause the children to believe their mother does not care for them. When a mother is constantly traumatized by domestic violence, it can be more difficult for her to be present and attentive in her children’s lives due to depression, anxiety, and lack of sleep (Centre for children and families in the justice system, 2009). Domestic violence has an impact on the ability for a family to function. The perpetrator may sow divisions between the members of the family by turning them against each other, or favoring one child over the others. There may also be role reversals in families who experience domestic violence; parentification of the children and infantilizing of the mother may

Home is place of the earliest settled by children since they were born. Thus, most of the children spend time with their parents until they are adults though home is the place where domestic violence occurred. In a very young age children do need protection from their parents but the mood in the house affected by the violence committed by their father against the mother nor the child's own strong fear in the child. Children often witness violence in the home can cause symptoms 'regressive' such as increased

The phrase “domestic violence” typically refers to violence between adult partners. Sadly, it has been estimated that every year between 3.3 and ten million children are exposed to domestic violence in the confines of their own home (Moylan, Herrenkohl, Sousa et al. 2009). According to research conducted by John W. Fantuzzo and Wanda K. Mohr (1999): “Exposure to domestic violence can include watching or hearing the violent events, direct involvement (for example, trying to intervene or calling the police), or experiencing the aftermath (for example, seeing bruises or observing maternal depression)” (Fantuzzo & Mohr, 22). The effects of exposure can lead to behavioral and developmental issues at a young age or interpersonal relationships

47) Children experiencing and being witness of all the violence can become traumatic not only during their childhood but also can during their adulthood. Children living and watching their parents having domestic violence and living violence daily will behave the same way when they finally become adolescence. In another study, researchers have explained that the consequence of parents having domestic violence is on their children. Youth facing domestic violence is in a high risk and expose to numerous outcomes to become violent (Gardner, Browning, & Brooks-Gunn, 2012, pg.662). Another problem that children are in a big chance of developing is bullying. Problems between families can make children feel depressed and feel less than every friend around. On this study, researchers have found that children are the victims of bullying are suffering from depression, anxiety and doing poorly academically. Which all, if these problems come from children being abused and facing domestic violence (Shetgiri, Lin, & Flores, 2015,

Children in families experiencing domestic violence are more likely than other children to show or display aggressive, antisocial behavior and become depressed and anxious (Brown & Bzostek, 2003). Researchers have found higher levels of anger, hostility, disruptive behavior, disobedience, fear and withdrawal (poor peer, sibling, and social relationships) and low self-esteem. Children exposed to domestic violence are at a higher chance of experiencing difficulties in school and score lower on assessments of verbal, motor, and cognitive skills. Slow cognitive development, may not be able to resolve conflicts in a peaceful and calming manner, limited problem solving skills, pro-violence attitudes. (Brown & Bzostek, 2003; Edleson, 2006). Research

Domestic violence is defined as the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member on another (“Domestic violence – Definition and more from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary,” n.d.). Texas Family Code Sec 71.004 defines family violence as an act by a member of a family or household against another member of the family or household that is intended to result in physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault or that is a threat that reasonably places the member in fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or sexual assault, but does not include defensive measures to protect oneself. Nowhere in the definitions does it specify male to female, adult to child, child to elderly or any other kind of specific limitations for what is domestic violence. That being said, one group that does often get overlooked is the witnesses to the violence. Most people consider domestic violence as between two adults in some sort of non-stranger relationship. So, for this paper, that is how we will address the ones who watch it happen and suffer because of seeing it – the children.

“There are more than three million children that are a witness to domestic violence in their own homes every year (Prinz 2003)”. When a child lives in a home when they are exposed to domestic violence they suffer also. They are at risk for abuse and neglect at thirty to sixty percent. “When children are exposed to domestic violence, they are more at risk for health problems, including becoming sick more often, having frequent headaches and stomachaches, and being more tired and lethargic than normal children (Prinz 2003)”. Children will try to intervene when they witness their parent being abused. This can put the child at great risk for injury and even cause death. In the United States there are between ten and twenty percent of children that are exposed to domestic violence.

Domestic violence has been a large problem for as long as societies have been around, but more recently in the past century, it has received more attention. The part of domestic violence that has gotten the largest amount of awareness is the act of spousal abuse. Between 600,000 and six million women and between 100,000 and six million men are victims of domestic abuse each year. Of course this is paralleled by the effect on children. For every family household that a spouse is abused in, if there is a child there is a large chance that the he or she will be affected by the incident. It is estimated that about 3.3 million children will witness some type of domestic abuse

A better understanding of what produces these violent atmospheres may better assist future generations against violence as well. Ending and preventing violence within the home is the first step in ending the likelihood of intergenerational transmission of violence from occurring. Intergenerational transmission of violence which is when a child is a witness to intimate partner violence and is then imitated later in their own intimate relationships (Carmody, 2017). Preventative measures such as Interventions, therapy, and education on these topics could greatly benefit the public as well (Henning & Connor-Smith,

Children are exposed to domestic violence in many ways. They may hear parents threating each other, out of control reckless anger, or even se one parent assault the other one. Many children are affected by hearing threats to the safety of one parent whether it results in physical injury or not. Children who live in or around domestic violence are also at increased risk to become direct victims of child abuse. Domestic violence poses a serious threat to children’s psychological, emotional, and physical well being, especially if the violence is chronic.

Many children are also affected by domestic violence. This is not because they were the one who are being attack. Most of the time it is because they are witnessing what is happening to their mothers and sometimes fathers. As 15% of all children have witnessed domestic violence and 32% of children know someone who is affected by domestic violence. Domestic violence can also impact a child’s health as it can lead to depression, anxiety, leaving the home early, running away and even suicide. Many children are also affected by domestic violence as it is not only one group of people that it

Domestic violence affects 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men (NCADV, 2015). Although the devastating effects that domestic violence has on women are well known, there is a population of domestic violence victims that we tend to overlook. These are the children of the women and men who are in domestic violence situations. Children are the invisible victims when it comes to domestic violence. There are many statistics being thrown around when it comes to the number of children who are exposed to domestic violence; they range from as little as 200,000 to even 3-18 million (Sousa et. al., 2011). A 2001 study discovered that in 75% of the cases in their study, children were present in the home during the assaults (Hutchison & Hirschel, 2001).