Middle Childhood And Domestic Violence

At young ages, children can be influenced greatly by the things they see around them. A child’s mind is easily influenced at young ages. Fear is a major influence that can shape the way a young girl/boy grows up. In the article “Why boys become Vicious”, Golding states, “when people are afraid they discover the violence within” (Golding).

Children react to their environment in different ways, and those reactions can vary, depending on the child 's gender and age. Children exposed to family violence are more likely to develop behavioral, emotional, psychological, and social problems than those who are not. Recent research indicates that children who witness domestic violence show anger and temperament problems, depression, low self-esteem, and more anxiety than children who do not witness violence in the home. The trauma they experience can show up in behavioral, physical, social, and emotional disturbances that affect their development and can continue into adulthood.

For the children, they might be feeling guilty for the violence that is happening in the family (blame). Most times they start to withdraw from friends, there attitudes toward school might change, there grades can go from A’s to F’s. The children’s behavior might change, they might become aggressive, and become depressed. They might become a bully or be bullied because the violence they are witnessing at

To start off, as most of us have already know, social and cultural norms are one of the factor that influence in shaping one’s behavior, and one of them include the use of violence. The cultural norm, such one that encourage the use of violence as normal method of solving problem within families would be a risk factor of having the child likely to use violence once he or she grow up. According to Esposito, a psychotherapist, "Boys exposed to domestic violence may channel their feelings through aggressive acts such as fighting,

Violence begins at a very young age. Even if children are not exposed to an abusive household, they still experience violence in cartoons and toys. Children of abused homes learn that violence is used to resolve conflicts. Boys grow up more likely to be abusers and girls grow up more likely to be victims of abusive relationships.

It seems like the younger the child is they will exhibit a higher level of emotional and psychological distress then what an older child will. People who commit domestic violence against one another with a child or children present never think of the outcome and how it will affect the child or children. If these children continue to see all of this domestic violence especially if it is a young boy, they may result in continuing this same behavior throughout childhood.

Domestic Violence is a pattern of learned behavior used to establish power and control over another person. The abuser will use fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence to assume power and control. Anyone can experience or be a victim of domestic violence. One in four women will experience domestic violence during their lifetime. Domestic violence can only become worse as time goes on. The effects of domestic violence can leave long term effect on the person abused as well as others in the household and anyone involved. Children are usually victims where there is domestic violence. Children that are exposed to domestic violence are at risk for developmental problems, psychiatric disorders, aggressive behavior, problems

The repeated exposure to violence in the media, at home, and in school teaches children to associate the feeling of anger, with an act of violence. Whenever someone will not do or give the child what they want the child gets angry and reacts with violence. Previous experiences have taught violent children violent outburst will often result in the child getting exactly what they desire, reinforcing the negative behavior.

The aggression can cause children to have an different type of mood swing than others that does not have aggression.It mostly has a after impact of growing up with mental health of 20230 of children from the middle ages from 2 to 17 in USA(Tuner2).All the aggression in the children causes them to have heart attack and blood pressure at a young age. The mental can come from a different aspect, such as abusing there own bodies with drugs(7). When children become an angry aggressive person they need help to control their actions around their peers. Even though it is important to know of behaviors that that send signal that presences of a child

Domestic violence has long been a hot topic and statics shows that” every 15 seconds a woman in the United States of America is beaten” (Beller 2015, p. 207). Most of what we talk about when we discuss domestic violence is the man or woman that is the victim, rarely via media does anyone put to the forefront the children. Children are the most affected by the effects of abuse in a relationship be it a marriage or partner situation. They are the unspoken and often unheard victims. There are many aspects or directions that can be undertaken in discussing the tiny victims of domestic violence. choosing only one aspect to share and hopefully shed some light on how this affects them as a child and possibly later in their emotional development and growth.

Domestic violence is a problem occurring in families that affects not only adults, but also their children. Domestic violence is characterized by behaviors that “physically harm, arouse fear, prevent a partner from doing what they wish or force them to behave in ways they do not want” (“Abuse Defined”). With this being said, children can definitely be victims of domestic violence and it happens more frequently than one may think. Children are often fearful, manipulated, and forced to behave in ways they may not want to. For those children that are victims, domestic violence can become a lifelong problem (Callahan). What they experience in childhood is more often than not carried with them throughout their lives.

Domestic violence is seen as physical abuse between two partners; whether that be boyfriend, husband, girlfriend, wife, or even a recent ex. When women used to be seen as their husbands property and the children their parents many things happened behind closed doors that were not talked about. Which could be why many women see it as acceptable and do nothing about it. Resulting in the kids that are stuck in between this stressful household with no help. No one really sees how being shown to this violence can affect a child later in life. Early exposure to domestic violence can have long term effects on a child 's mental and physical state.

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These children grow up believing that violence is normal in life so they usually develop those same violent behavior. For this reason it is very normal for children of offenders are offenders of

In other instances, the parent can confiscate the child’s belongings or force the children to strip down naked and be photographed as a form of punishment. Considering the types of abuse that these children experience, there are psychological effects that can affect their life as they get older. The effects of household abuse can extend outside the home and affect the child in their performance in society. “Children Exposed to Domestic Violence” states that children exposed to family violence can experience difficulties in paying attention and staying on task (Geffner 39). Abused children are prone to externalizing problems which causes children to act out. Externalizing problems include temper tantrums, impulsivity, hyperactivity, aggression, conflict, cruelty and bullying. Another issue that abused children develop are internalizing problems. Internalizing problems are issues such as headaches, sleep disturbances, anxiety, fear of separation, social withdraw and depression. This overall causes the children to be less engaged in tasks and in normal behaviors.