Domestic Violence:Faces Of Fear

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Domestic Violence: Faces of Fear

I think I speak for all of us when I say that this video was disturbing to me. You know that it happens, but you’re never sure exactly how often, statistically. It really seems like people want to turn away from it, and act like it’s not happening. It is surely something that people try to not talk about.
Any abuse is terrible, and completely unacceptable. When it comes to children being abused, it is sickening. It is hard for me to watch innocent children being abused. They are so helpless. It just makes me very mad.
When you are little, you want to believe what adults say. Small children look up to adults. So when they are hurt, a lot of the times, they believe that they did do something wrong. With out professional help, this can lead to life long low self-esteem. It also leads to the circle effect. These children will sometimes eventually abuse their own children. So there is no way this will ever stop unless we start educating the children that it is wrong.
Today, Children are being taught that no one is supposed to hit them or touch them in any way that hurts them or makes them feel uncomfortable. It will never vanish completely, but maybe we’ll make a difference somehow. So who else should we start educating? It would be nice if we could change the parents or adults that are committing these horrible acts. But being that they are adults, they are already set in their ways. They maybe unchangeable. We do have safe homes, and social services for those children who have parents who cannot stop abusing them. The children are taken in by the city to have foster parents who are screened by the police. But does that really help? Maybe in some cases. But it only confuses the child. I guess there’s really nothing that we can do to make everything perfect.
I remember having a friend in Elementary school that could never come over and play, or sleep over,...