Approximately 75% of children whose mothers are battered witness the violence. The batterer sometimes wants the child to witness it as a form of control and power. The effect on the child’s development can be severe and especially harmful when the victim or the perpetrator is the child’s parent or caregiver.
Children in families where there is domestic violence are at great risk of becoming victims of abuse themselves. Over half of children in homes where their mother is battered are also abused themselves.
Can I leave him today?
I’m so tired of walking on eggshells.
He was so mad at me last night
He said his dinner was too cold
I tried to calm him with praises and false cheer
The children were scared and I pushed them behind me
Chocolate cake on the floor
My nose bleeding
Finally it is over and he is gone
I can clean up the mess and go on
He really didn’t hit me.
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