Domestic Violence

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses domestic violence. It particularly focuses on the affects that domestic violence has on the children in the home. It discusses the physical and emotional abuse that these children may be subjected to, as well as the symptoms they may exhibit due to anxiety or fear and it discusses how these symptoms may affect their day-to-day functioning. The paper also comments on the long-term effects of exposure to domestic violence for children as they grow into adulthood.

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"Making sure the child is appropriately supervised at all times is also important. All children learn how to deal with different situations by feedback they receive from others around them. A child exposed to violence at an early age is going to have to learn how to deal with stress and anxiety without violence. Teaching children how to respond appropriately when others use insults or threats or deal with anger by hitting is going to take patience, understanding and constant supervision of play activities. Explain to the child that these are not appropriate behaviors and encourage them to avoid other children who behave that way. Another good teaching method will be to discuss with the child ways to solve problems without violence. The child should be taught to respond with calm but firm words when others insult, threaten or hit another person. We must help them understand that it takes more courage and leadership to resist violence than to go along with it."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Carlson, Bonnie, Children's observations of interpersonal violence, Battered women and their families, 1984 pp 147-167
• Davis, Terry, Domestic Violence Advocate, The Hartley House, Clovis, NM, 2007
• McDonnell, Gielen, & O'Campo, Does HIV status make a difference in the experience of lifetime abuse? Descriptions of lifetime abuse and its context among low-income urban women. Journal of Urban Health Vol. 80 2003 pp 494-509
• Peled, Inat, Jaffe, Edleson, Ending the Cycle of Violence: Community Responses to Children of Battered Women, Sage Publications 1995
• Report of the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Fore on Violence and the Family, Violence and the Family 40; 1986.

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