Domestic Violence: A Brief Summary

Domestic Violence in Ipswich has become a serious issue over the last 10 years. Even though there are services to help the victims cope with this issue, there are little to no resources for children who have parents who are dealing with domestic violence. If we want domestic violence to slow down or even to be fixed we need to help the children, because they are the next generation and what happens to them will affect everyone. This means if they are learning from the older generations, then domestic violence is something that they are picking up and they are thinking that it is normal to hurt another person. Therefore having a resource specifically designed for the children telling them that they don’t need to be like their parents is the best option.
Phase 1
Domestic Violence is where there is a pattern of abusive behaviour through which a person seeks to control another person (Women’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence Services 2015). There is more than one type of domestic violence which can include; creating fear social abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, controlling behaviours, spiritual abuse, separation violence, stalking, physical abuse, emotional abuse, verbal
This book also helps to let the child victims of domestic violence know that it is ok to speak up and to get help and that they don’t have to live in the dark, as well as tell them that they are people out there who are going through the same thing as themselves and that people understand what is going on. By funding this book it will help the children improve their personal skills in understanding that what they are going through is not their fault and that it is ok to ask for help and not sit in the dark and do nothing about