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Domestic Violence - College Paper

Domestic Violence


Imagine this if you would as a parent or as a child. Late in the
evening you are awakened by your mother returning home from the motel in
which your father is staying as a divorce grows near. You are young and do
not know about what or why grown ups do things. You haven't the slightest
idea of what domestic violence is. Seeing your mother crying you ask her, “
What happened, why are you crying?.” She pulls the sleeve of her shirt
down to reveal her shoulder and upon your eyes you see a black and blue
circle just a bit bigger then a grown mans fist. Now, what do you say to
the child? How does one go about saying what happened? Tell the truth.
Explain to the child the reason for it ...

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an effect as it may have on other children. There are
three general ways in which a child may be affected, but are a wide variety
of situations. I can't predict the future so I cannot tell which one I will
fall into, but I am hoping it is the second way. Firstly, the child may
take on the psychological effect that it is OK to do since one has seen
their mother or father commit the acts. Children may do this cause they
grow up as followers of grown ups around them. Sort of like that monkey
see monkey do concept. On the other hand they could be doing this cause
their parents told them not to. Secondly they may never repeat this act
seeing there is no good in it, which could depend on how the parent
discuses it with the child. Maybe not just how the parent discuses it but
a child instinct to be better then their parents may be a driving force.
Finally, they may experience it once as a victim or victimizer and forever
feel the guilt and be scared inside of themselves and if ...

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with my dad,
I know his weak spot and it is the spot I go for just naturally and
ironically this spot is his shoulder. So as a child, psychologically I was
fixated with this area from viewing what I did.
Domestic violence if taught and handled correctly can be the
learning stone to the next level decreasing the number of incidents, and
put a halt in the cycle. But if not addressed it could be a breeding
ground for future offenders, and the cycle will continue on or start over
depending on how you look at it as the beginning or the end. That is a
debatable statement, similar to which came first the chicken or the egg?
The missing piece of the cycle is how they in turn act as ...

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Added: 5/26/2004 12:57:07 PM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 1605
Pages: 6

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