{"id":2810,"date":"2020-10-29T11:56:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T17:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2020-10-29T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T17:56:58","slug":"domestic-violence-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2810","title":{"rendered":"Domestic Violence and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Children-and-Domestic-Violence-pic.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2811\" src=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Children-and-Domestic-Violence-pic-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Children-and-Domestic-Violence-pic-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Children-and-Domestic-Violence-pic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Children-and-Domestic-Violence-pic-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Children-and-Domestic-Violence-pic-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Children-and-Domestic-Violence-pic.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Children are innocent victims of domestic violence in the home.\u00a0 Many children suffer direct abuse from one or both parents or a caregiver.\u00a0 Other children witness violent behavior between parents, whether physical or emotional, on a day-in and day-out basis.\u00a0 The children are the ones who believe lies that they are either the cause of the violence or that they could have stopped the domestic abuse.\u00a0 They suffer without a voice, and the results play out in tell-tale symptoms.\u00a0 The observant and perceptive teacher, caregiver, or grandparent would be wise to assist the child with getting help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the symptoms that follow instances of domestic violence according to American Academy of Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry are: anxiety &amp; fear, depression, sleep problems including nightmares and bedwetting, aggression, anger, changes in appetite.\u00a0 These symptoms then escalate in adolescents with drug abuse, skipping school, declining grades, and social withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Children of domestic violence tell themselves lies as a result of what they experience.\u00a0 Childhood Domestic Violence Association (CDV) includes a list of the lies children begin to believe with truths they should believe.\u00a0 For instance, the child feels<strong> \u201dworthless\u201d<\/strong> because they feel unimportant, not good enough, a failure.\u00a0 The truth being <strong>\u201caccomplished\u201d<\/strong> because they realize what they had to overcome and few other obstacles compare. \u00a0\u00a0Another example, <strong>\u201cunloved\u201d <\/strong>where the child feels unloved and incapable of giving love.\u00a0 The truth being <strong>\u201cloved\u201d<\/strong> because making others feel cared for, appreciated, and important makes them feel the same.\u00a0 For a complete list of these lies with corresponding truths click <a href=\"https:\/\/cdv.org\/what-is-cdv\/lies-and-truths\/#guiltytofree\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mission Generation is an advocate for children.\u00a0 Our program not only provides tools which address some of these above-mentioned behaviors, but also provides a platform that gives children a safe space to share.\u00a0 Children are our future.\u00a0 When a child is misbehaving, most likely the child is not <strong>\u201cbad\u201d<\/strong>, but the truth is they may be <strong>\u201ccrying out\u201d<\/strong> to get help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Children are innocent victims of domestic violence in the home.\u00a0 Many children suffer direct abuse from one or both parents or a caregiver.\u00a0 Other children witness violent behavior between parents, whether physical or emotional, on a day-in and day-out basis.\u00a0 The children are the ones who believe lies that they are either the cause<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2812,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2810\/revisions\/2812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}