Family violence is a high conflict situation within a family that often deprives children from the basic emotional and moral support. Children living in such environment live an insecure and dejected life with low self-esteem. The situations and the conflicts are usually too difficult for kids to understand as their innocent heart doesnt understand any kind of differences or reasons of conflicts. Even then the tension in the family is palpable because the tension prevails there and makes the family environment very unpleasant.

Expression of family violence is traumatic, something so disheartening that no joy can overcome it. When the early formative years are destroyed by brutal behavior, hardships, abusive languages, shattered hopes, and broken relationships, then there is nothing that can protect the shattering of a childs life into small broken pieces.

A small child who doesnt even know what the world is all about, who doesnt even know what the truth of reality is, sadly has to face the harshness of life in his own house. At a time when he is molded to grow up into a social being he his put to such harsh truths of life that his growth in all spheres in restricted and blocked. His social, emotional, behavioral, and moral growth is deeply impacted by the acts of family violence.

Children exposed to domestic violence often experience behavioral trauma like distress, aggression, sleeping difficulty, fatigue, isolation, susceptibility to illness, impulsiveness, open hostility, anxiety, destructive tendencies, withdrawals from friends, self-blame, and low self-esteem. Apart from this they show signs of cognitive problems like lack of performance at school, conflict resolution skills, lack of concentration, dissociation, and violent attitude towards all within the social circle. Over a period of time they start forming a distorted view of family members and personal relationships and with the passage of time they start showing their mistrust towards their parents, family members and even friends.

Facing the harsh colors of reality they often fight to survive but with abusive relationships and shattered bonding within the family. In search of a sympathetic ear and a friendly support they often drive themselves away from family and towards unsuitable partners. At time children with the impact of such violence also make suicide attempts and keep on fighting daily just to survive.

Children affected by family violence thrive for betterment but are left under the burden of broken knots and shattered hopes within relationships. Think wisely, arent we snatching the joy of childhood from tiny tots and leaving them with emptiness through their life span?