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  • Samriti Sharma
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    Domestic violence genuinely does impact the mental health of children in particular. It is but more obvious that the feeling of violence and agression developed in children as they learn from what they see which is a psychological fact. Violence be it if any kind should absolutely be avoided in front of children.
    Today we need to acknowledge that mental and emotional health issues are rising because of the same reason. Children feel drained, anxious, emotionally unstable due to many reasons one of which is being a victim of violence.
    Children growing up in households were domestic violence is practised develop hatred easily and face mental health issues. It here becomes very important that a child should be provided safe, healthy and a loving environment to ensure the overall development of a child.
    Domestic violence is not only physical harassment but also a form of mental torture which is capable of destroying lives of people along with their children at home.

    Samriti Sharma
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    Domestic violence genuinely does impact the mental health of children in particular. It is but more obvious that the feeling of violence and agression developed in children as they learn from what they see which is a psychological fact. Violence be it of any kind should absolutely be avoided in front of children.
    Today we need to acknowledge that mental and emotional health issues are rising because of the same reason. Children feel drained, anxious, emotionally unstable due to many reasons one of which is being a victim of violence.
    Children growing up in households were domestic violence is practised develop hatred easily and face mental health issues. It here becomes very important that a child should be provided safe, healthy and a loving environment to ensure the overall development of a child.
    Domestic violence is not only physical harassment but also a form of mental torture which is capable of destroying lives of people along with their children at home.

    Afshan Iqbal
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    Domestic Violence definitely affects children at home. When a child sees his/her parents indulging in violence it takes a mental toll in that child. Domestic violence happens mostly with a woman so when a child sees their mother being beaten up, it affects him/her so much that they start getting depressed. It doesn’t only make the child develop feelings of hatred for the abusing parent but they might develop the same habit when they grow up. We see the child struggling to concentrate in school and he fears making friends. As he grows up, he starts getting aggressive as well because when the child sees their parent abusing the other parent, he develops the feeling that this is normal. Domestic Violence affects each child differently, while some catch up with the same attitude and implement it in the future with their own spouse. Some learn a lesson from it and take action as they grow up.  Some get traumatized and it affects their mental health. It is a cruel fact that no matter how much a person who has seen domestic violence in his childhood tries to overcome that in the future, they can never overcome that trauma. We as a society need to understand that unless we don’t take strict action against domestic violence, every child will suffer in their lives at some point in time and it will make the whole society suffer. We need to stop domestic violence starting from the places we know domestic violence happens. Don’t let any child suffer because of domestic violence because it will only make everyone suffer. 

    Aditi Sahu
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    Incidents of domestic violence are not unheard of when it comes to a country like India. But when we hear about domestic violence, the only picture that comes in our mind is that of a victim getting beaten by the abuser. While this is definitely a true picture of domestic violence, we often fail to hear the silent voices of the other silent victims of domestic violence: the children.

    Domestic violence at home not only affect children’s mental health at the current time, but it also has long term consequences in their life. A lot of studies have shown that the children who have witnessed domestic violence in their homes are more at risk in being violent in the relationships they cultivate in future. So basically, children’s exposure to domestic violence in their homes is creating a never ending cycle of abuse and violence. And domestic violence doesn’t just put the future acquaintances of the child at risk, the child himself is at risk of physical abuse at home if there is case of domestic violence between the parents.

    So without a doubt, one can say that yes, domestic violence does affect the children at home. It has long term consequences not only on the children’s physical and mental health but also on the relationships that the children may have in the future.

    038 deepika Singh
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    When we refer to domestic violence we usually consider a parent being abused and assaulted by the other but we often forget about the other victims of the abuse – the children.
    A child is as equal a victim of domestic violence as the person who experiences it. Children who witness domestic violence are at a risk of long term physical and mental illness. Some grow up to be an equally violent person as their parent when they grow up while some fear and hide their emotions causing themselves mental illness and anxiety. Usually children tend to take up the behaviour of their parent and execute the same in their relationship. Some children indulge in activities such as bullying and assaulting and harm others to get their anger out. Some grows up to be physically and mentally weak in turn harming themselves. Growing up in an abusive environment is the worst thing that a child can ever go through.

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