Analysis Of The Documentary Domestic Violence And Children

The documentary Domestic Violence and Children details of the many consequences and effects that children who are exposed to domestic violence face. Many of the children suffer long lasting symptoms due to the devastating events that they witness. The documentary gives insight to the perplexed lives of those involved while showing the personal accounts of the children and their mothers.
Before viewing this documentary I was aware that domestic violence could have it effects on the children in the family as well as the adults involved but I definitely did not know of the extremes and their commonalities. My initial reaction to this documentary was being completely shocked by the in-depth and long term effects of the children themselves were faced with from being exposed to domestic violence.
One of the challenges they have is that most of them suffer from behavioral changes that are associated with PTSD. The changes in behavior range from them becoming very passive and almost zombie-like to becoming easily angered and more aggressive. Another issue is that with being exposed to this type of behavior at such a young age many of the children begin to show signs of one day becoming the aggressor themselves. For example one of the young boys in the video has not only been kicked out of school and gotten into many fights, but he has went as far as physically assaulting someone with a brick. This is in no way considered normal childhood play and without the help of the Child Witness to Violence Project the young boy was destined for a troubled future. On the other hand the documentary spoke of other kids who were the exact opposite. These children suffered from physiological issues in which they were constantly in