What does domestic Violence refer to?  

Violent or aggressive action in the home, that involves the violent behavior of a partner.

Domestic violence: Effects on Children

Family is the Devine place for a human being where a person can laugh, smile, love, and be at ease. 

But what if it takes the form of a suffocating era? Sometimes one or more people be responsible for shaping this suffocation. 

Domestic abuse comes forth when aggression, abuses, fighting, harassment makes another person’s life at risk.

Effects of domestic violence on infants:

Excessive crying:

In a home running with domestic violence, Children smaller than 7 years are left with no option except confronting the violence in the face because they cannot get off this. So it affects them in a worse manner. Because they cannot run, escape, ignore, or stop things around them, they develop the habits of screaming excessively and it increases day by day. It’s absolutely not normal.       

Separation anxiety:

Smaller kids who are exposed to domestic violence and it continue over time, infant get stick to their parent other than the abuser. They don’t willingly get separated even for a small amount of time. If they are forced to get away or separate from their parents, they become anxious.

Don’t like strangers:

When small children lack affection, they require and get surrounded by an atmosphere of violence, they become self-centered. They usually don’t like strangers. In fact, they avoid and hate any strange meet, touch, and lapping.     

Behavioral Effects of domestic violence on Children:

Risky Behaviour:

Children grew up noticing domestic violence in the family, it affects them very much. Their mind and body surrender being in their favor. They set up for a deadly path which they find soothing their restless mind. They start taking drugs to get rid of regular noisy conversation going inside them. Alcohol is another means of drug they get used to. Moreover, they go through unprotected sex which makes their lives more at risk.

No/low Self-Esteem:

In domestic violence abuser, all the time makes others feel that they are good for nothing. Children are very much attached to their mother when they notice their mother being terrified and tortured, it affects them. If this thing is being done directly to them, they fall in their eyes and never could manage to rise again. They develop themselves as the identity of low or no esteem.

Trouble in making friend: 

Children going through the atmosphere filled with domestic violence adopt a hesitative and lonely behavior which builds them a complicated character to have even a normal conversation at school, college, academic gathering, and social meets. This hesitation results in an unfriendly personality and children like this confront trouble while making friends.

Full of Violence and bullying: 

Kids who have been watching violence in their families from early childhood get affected adversely. In some cases, violence becomes part of their lives and they start behaving in the same violent manner. They fight and bully other mates at school and colleges to make them feel superior as they have spent most of their lives being suppressed violently so far. 

Terrified: 

Children coming from a family suffering from domestic violence look terrified all the time. They never are prepared for surprises and react strangely to sudden moments. They are terrified to meet new persons, results, situations, and challenges if these remain on mild intensity either.      

Get into trouble easily:

Children exposed to domestic violence are usually not able to accept their minds and body in a liberal state environment. At the time somebody intends to bother them, they seem helpless to cope with or come out of this worse situation and get into trouble easier than the other children of normal behavior. 

Develop the habit of lying:

Being part of domestic violence unnecessarily, children develop the habit of lying. It just because they are afraid of any further violence being formed on the exposure of truth. In the starting, they lie on minor things but later on, it becomes critical.

Lack of trust in elder:

Children can intensively be impacted by what is going around them. Kids who witness Domestic Violence lose faith in their parents. They see them fighting or abusing that assure children that they cannot be the supporter, guardian, good friend neither parent at all. This darkness leads children to lack trust in elders.

Aggression: 

Never-ending violence in the family where the children witness this wild activity on a routine basis gives rise to another aggressive person, that can be the children themselves. Children learn what their parents act in their presence. If they notice fight, abuse, and aggression they learn to fight, abuse, and be aggressive.

Denial:

Domestic violence victim children form denial as to their casual habit. They find denial the easiest way to end up the discussion. Others can be furious on this instinct of them as most of the time these children can deny for any help, proposal, statement, or clarification.  

Effects of Domestic Violence on Children Health:

Domestic abuse not only affects children’s behavior, habits, or mentality but it also affects the physical and mental health of these innocent and poor kids. These harms can be diagnosed in short term or long term. Children meeting with domestic violence can face numerous diseases. Some of them are:

Short term health effects:

1.    Bad wetting

2.    Nightmare

3.    Fumbling

4.    Blubbering

Long Term Health Effects:

1.    Depression 

2.    Anxiety

3.    Diabetes

4.    Heart disease

5.    Become an abuser in future

6.    Become a silent victim in future

Small talk

Children are the real treasure for any parent. Parents who form their children and bring them to this world to live ought not to make them suffer in any way. Bless them, love them, cherish them as they will prove to be your trophies not burden on you at all. Make their childhood blessing not suffering anymore. Stop domestic violence and go treat yourself with medication if necessary.