as young as 18 months became upset and distressed during angry exchanges •Children between parents. Areas of Impacts of Domestic Violence Warning Signs Development Stage 2: The child from 3 - 4 years Health A parent suffering from domestic violence may be limited in capacity to protect their Poor physical neglected condition; child from physical danger and provide a child with feelings of safety. Signs of current or previous physical abuse of the child; This may be demonstrated by a poor physical condition of the child: Poor language skills; The child may appear unfed or unwashed and; Sleep problems; Have marked development problems especially in language Delayed toileting; Frequent visits to the GP and hospital. Intellectual The child may show a lack of interest in their environment and poor intellectual Little awareness and/or Development development. understanding of their environment; living in a violent environment may be too frightened to show inquisitive Problems relating to other children. •Children behaviour. attendance at pre- school facilities may be disrupted because an abused parent may •Their wish to conceal the evidence of domestic violence Identity Children of this age often blame themselves for their parents' problems Little awareness and/or Reports from abused parents suggest that infants who witness domestic violence try to understanding of their environment; protect their parent. Children may be harmed by trying to intervene. The child may experience: Family and Overly aggressive and bullying Social Relations parenting behaviour of •lnconsistent unavailability Controlling behaviour over siblings; •Emotional to inappropriate carers and separation imitating inappropriate sexual •Exposure This can children to become fearful or unnaturally vigilant believing they are in behaviour; continual danger. Withdrawn from conversation and Children may develop inappropriate behaviour and insecure attachments through apathy has difficultly expressing feelings. and disinterest in their environment. Alternatively they may exhibit controlling behaviour, which can be accompanied by inner turmoil.
•Children as young as 18 months became upset and distressed during angry exchanges between parents. Areas of Development Impacts of Domestic Violence Warning Signs Stage 2: The child from 3 - 4 years Health A parent suffering from domestic violence may be limited in capacity to protect their child from physical danger and provide a child with feelings of safety. This may be demonstrated by a poor physical condition of the child: The child may appear unfed or unwashed and; Have marked development problems especially in language Poor physical neglected condition; Signs of current or previous physical abuse of the child; Poor language skills; Sleep problems; Delayed toileting; Frequent visits to the GP and hospital. Intellectual Development The child may show a lack of interest in their environment and poor intellectual development. •Children living in a violent environment may be too frightened to show inquisitive behaviour. •Their attendance at pre- school facilities may be disrupted because an abused parent may wish to conceal the evidence of domestic violence Little awareness and/or understanding of their environment; Problems relating to other children. Identity Children of this age often blame themselves for their parents' problems Reports from abused parents suggest that infants who witness domestic violence try to protect their parent. Children may be harmed by trying to intervene. Little awareness and/or understanding of their environment; Family and Social Relations The child may experience: •lnconsistent parenting •Emotional unavailability •Exposure to inappropriate carers and separation This can children to become fearful or unnaturally vigilant believing they are in continual danger. Children may develop inappropriate behaviour and insecure attachments through apathy and disinterest in their environment. Alternatively they may exhibit controlling behaviour, which can be accompanied by inner turmoil. Overly aggressive and bullying behaviour of Controlling behaviour over siblings; imitating inappropriate sexual behaviour; Withdrawn from conversation and has difficultly expressing feelings.
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