Socially affected children
Children copy behaviour good or bad. This can cause the child difficulties to form appropriate relationships, and cause them problems within the community. The abuser may also be controlling over all the money in the family, which can cause hardship for the children.
Here is a list of reported forms of harm that children have suffered, or are likely to suffer in an environment where domestic abuse takes place:
- Poor Social skills
- Isolation
- Unable to trust friends or adults
- Poor social opportunities, such as attending age appropriate activities
- Live in poverty
- Unable to invite friends to their home