Notes On Children And 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.

Many parents seek to have children’s literature which contains violence removed or banned from all access to young children. They complain that the subject matter of these books is too much for children to handle. The parents do this as they believe it to be a form of protection from the dangerous world we live in. they know all too well that what is expressed in the books is happening in reality.by reading these violent books it evokes a sense of fear or the need to harm oneself or others. Therefore stopping the chance of them reading these books is shielding them from the hurt and pain which it is associated with. Literature and media are the main reasons for violence in the

Leaving children in an environment that puts them at risk for social emotional developmental problems has become a controversial issue among child protection workers. In cases where children witness violence there is no proof that they will all turn out to be resilient rather the children will be affected. Although resiliency does exist and a number of children who witness IPV have been able to develop without severe emotional problems that affect them directly however they may lead to the internalizing of problems (Holmes,

Children are affected by everything around them. They are small sponges waiting to absorb all the information they can. What happens to children when they are faced with traumatic incidences? There are many possible outcomes, but the outcome that is always hoped for is resiliency. When a child cane become resilient to their past, they have a greater likelihood of developing loving relationships later in life.

Great Illustration! “Exposure to family and community violence is linked with aggression, depression, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and academic and cognitive difficulties” (Margolin, & Gordis, 2004, p.1). Children who are exposed to violence will likely go unnoticed and unattended by professionals who are counseling with the children and the child’s parents (Margolin, & Gordis, 2004). Parents regularly underestimate their children’s exposure to violence and maybe unaware that abuse is happening in the home (Margolin, & Gordis, 2004). Children who are exposed to violence incline to display symptoms related to everyday types of maladjustment (Margolin, & Gordis, 2004). Therefore, professionals could overlook and not be aware when violence tends

As children, we are all disciplined, but some children receive more than just discipline; some are maltreated, abused, and are neglected. The need for child abuse prevention is noted as young victims do not necessarily cope well with their abuse and most never get over their assault. As part of the community, we should be seeking ways and looking into methods that can assist in the psychological well-being in children of abuse. This would mean that we must know when and at which stage of their life did these instances occur and whether it causes the start of a criminal lifestyle.

    Violence anywhere in the world causes potential harm that is often viewed by the human eye. Everyday, people are facing issues that are involving violent children from a learned behavior. While the Grimm Brothers have created the story “Cinderella,” viewers described

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Children are sadly unprotected to the truth about violence. This is especially harmful to them when the acts take place inside their homes. “3-4 million children between the ages of 3-17 are at risk of exposure to domestic violence”(DVR.org). The high number of kids who witness such atrocity “often suffer emotional and psychological trauma from living in homes where fathers abuse mothers”(NCBI). Consequently, The National Center for Biotechnology Information says that “Children from violent homes have higher risks of alcohol/ drug abuse

In recent history, there has not been a day where one can turn on the television without seeing an incident where communities are affected by a serious tragedy. In some communities, murders are a daily occurrence. Robberies and physical and sexual assaults occur everywhere and there are often several witnesses to the event. “Research has shown that exposure to traumatic experiences such as crime and violence, found in predominantly African American communities exceed those in areas dominated by most other ethnic groups” (Coker, et. al., 2014, p. 88). Children are exposed to violence and grow up thinking it is a normal part of daily life. These children grow up in fear and use coping mechanisms to get through their daily lives. Most people are affected by being victims of violence or witnessing a traumatic incident. Many will not admit to the stress it is causing in their lives and will often deny any stress related issues. There are many reasons they do not want to talk about the traumatic event. The inner turmoil causes a multitude of problems both mental and physical.

Children throughout America spend countless hours on the media, such as watching television, playing video games, or listening to music. Most media in the world today contains immeasurable images of violence, and average total media use of children throughout the United States is nearly 8 hours per day (Bushman & Anderson, 2001). This means that through this constant access to the media, young children are exposing themselves to countless images of graphic violence. This is a serious issue, as young children are greatly influenced by what takes place in the world around them, effecting their development and ultimately their behavior. Therefore, there is significant research that demonstrates some negative effects of young children’s overexposure to violence in the media, as it sometimes leads to desensitization and an increase in short-term aggressive behavior.

The amount of violence a child is exposed to while they are young has also been studied to see if it may play a role in their violence towards animals as a child and towards humans later in their lives. A study conducted in the mid 2000’s looked at 47 mothers who had children exposed to family violence and 45 mothers with two children who were not exposed to any family violence. The study showed that there was a significant difference in the likelihood that children exposed to violence would also display violent acts of cruelty towards animals. The children who were exposed to father and mother violence/abuse more often displayed acts of violence towards animals than children who were not exposed to this violence (Currie 430). Another study that interviewed 152 aggressive and nonaggressive criminals showed that the aggressive criminals displayed a higher amount of violence towards animals than criminals who were not aggressive. The aggressive criminals who displayed acts of cruelty towards animals had a significantly higher chance that they were exposed to parental abuse and alcoholism as a child than the nonaggressive criminals (Kellert & Felthous 1113).

In April 2008 at Taylor Elementary, a K-5 school in Hunting Park, a male child held a knife against the throat of a classmate and threatened to “cut off his head if he snitched” (Snyder 1). This student, like many other kindergarten students across the world, is extremely violent. This stems from the student’s violent environment in which he is being raised. Hunting Park, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a neighborhood filled with poverty and most importantly a high violent crime rate. Children who witness domestic and neighborhood violence become more violent themselves because they become less sensitive to violence, accept violence as normal behavior, and are also at risk for severe behavioral and psychological problems.

Introduction: Violence is everywhere and due to this notion people find ways to accept it. Violence is part of the national mythology. Meaning violence is a social construction. Violent acts cannot be wholly understood unless we examine them as but one “one link in the chain of a long process of events” (Schmidt & Schröder 2001, 7). Violence and the responses to it are socially constructed, they are phenomena viewed and interpreted in many different ways. For example, individuals become a product of their environment. The lack of parental support, inflected by peers and their community causes youth to act out violently. Every violent experience are molded and locked into the memory of mind. Therefore the social construction of violence and the idea of memory, of recollections of violence in someone life, is crucial to creating youth violence.

In our society today, the quote we hear time and time again is, “Our children are our future.” So why is it that so many children are being abused? Physical punishment leads to countless consequences. If we truly believe that our children are our future, then we need to first fully understand how physical punishment affects children physically, emotionally, and mentally. It’s important to acknowledge that once a child is hit, the memory of that pain and humiliation remains programmed in the body and the brain for the rest of their lives.