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Impacts of Domestic Violence on Children’s Social Development
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Impacts of Domestic Violence on Children’s Social Development
Domestic violence and its impacts on children have raised concerns among different groups of people for a long time. Nearly all people stand against domestic violence because it has adverse impacts on children and intimate partners. Domestic violence threatens the mental and physical wellbeing of children who are victims or have witnessed domestic violence firsthand (Moylan et al., 60). It is an ongoing and forced experience that manifests in psychological, sexual, and physical torture in houses where a partner uses aggressive strategies to establish dominance in the household. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic increased cases of children’s mental and physical harm linked to domestic violence (Noble‐Carr et al., 185). Despite the increase in awareness of the issue in society, many children still fall victim to domestic violence. Research shows approximately 3.2 American children fall victim to domestic violence annually. This paper aims to explain the impacts of domestic violence on Children’s social development.
Research Question; How does domestic violence affect children’s social development?
Hypothesis; Subjecting children to domestic violence affects their social development
Literature Review
Research has determined a positive correlation between domestic violence and child neglect or abuse. Potential impacts of domestic violence on children vary depending on their age. Studies suggest that children who witness domestic violence and those who have fallen victims have similarities in their behaviors and perceptions of their surroundings (McCarry et al., 120). According to McCarry and colleagues, such children are at greater risk for external behaviors such as lying, cheating, and bullying. Moreover, they are likely to develop internal behaviors such as depression and anxiety. It affects infants’ attachment needs, hence disrupting their routines and overall wellbeing. Studies have determined that 50% of infants from households where domestic violence is prone tend to cry excessively, lack sleep, and experience eating disorders.
On the other hand, school-aged children struggle with competence issues in school and at home. This aspect implies that they are likely to record poor grades and overall academic performance. Additionally, school-aged children have difficulty interacting and making meaningful connections with their peers (Callaghan et al., 60). Research shows they are unable to express themselves freely for fear of judgment. According to the Child protective services of America, children subjected to domestic violence at a young age struggle with identity issues as they grow up because of the coping mechanisms adopted to counter domestic violence in their households. Most children from harsh and unhealthy backgrounds display respect in their homes but act unruly and chaotic at school and other social settings.
The impacts of domestic violence are influential to children because it generates emotional disorders, including adaptation problems, emotional confusion, depression, anxiety, and depression. Children are vulnerable community members and require security, especially from their parents. When children grow up in violent environments, they lack a sense of security and tend to isolate themselves (Gottzén et al., 25). Usually, homes are meant to create a safe space for a child to express themselves and be comfortable. Domestic violence deprives children of this luxury, leaving them helpless in a dangerous world. Exposing children to violence is unfair and uncalled for because it leaves them defenseless in their homes and the outside world.
According to the article Children’s experiences and needs in relation to domestic and family violence, children growing up in households that entertain domestic violence are stigmatized because of society’s perception of them and their character (Noble‐Carr et al., 200). In a society where domestic violence has been normalized, children with harsh backgrounds are made to feel ashamed of aspects in their lives they have no control over (Wathen et al., 19). For this reason, such children develop aggressive behaviors or behaviors considered problematic or socially unacceptable. Research shows they struggle to connect with friends or strengthen bonds with them, thus living a lonely and unhealthy life.
Domestic violence instills self-blame in children born from such backgrounds. Since children are too young to comprehend the origin of fights between their parents or guardians, they blame themselves for the fights they witness at home (Almış et al., 200). Consequently, these children resort to drastic decisions that could potentially interfere with their wellbeing. Research shows that older children from abusive households resort to risk-taking behaviors, drug abuse, and criminal activities to find comfort and a sense of purpose. These activities are dangerous because they can drive them to depression, suicidal thoughts, or jail terms.
Conclusion
Domestic violence is a crucial social issue that requires attention from all the relevant parties involved because it affects human beings’ most delicate stage of growth. The environment in which children grow up affects their mental health, interactions, perceptions, and who they become when they mature as adults. Guilt, shame, and inadequacy brought about by domestic violence shadows an individual’s life and makes them feel unworthy. Through the Child Protection Services, the government should work hand in hand with programs established to protect children from violence and devise techniques to reduce domestic violence in society. Additionally, more research regarding the causes of domestic violence and ways to combat them need to be done to identify the root cause, eliminate the issue and save children from traumatic experiences.
References
Almış, Behice Han, Funda Gümüştaş, and Emel Koyuncu Kütük. “Effects of Domestic Violence Against Women on Mental Health of Women and Children.” Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar 12.2 (2020): 232-242.
Callaghan, Jane EM, et al. “Beyond “witnessing”: Children’s experiences of coercive control in domestic violence and abuse.” Journal of interpersonal violence 33.10 (2018): 51-81.
Gottzén, Lucas, and Linn Sandberg. “Creating safe atmospheres? Children’s experiences of grandparents’ affective and spatial responses to domestic violence.” Children’s geographies 17.5 (2019): 14-26.
McCarry, Melanie, Lorraine Radford, and Victoria Baker. “What helps? Mothers’ and children’s experiences of community-based domestic violence early intervention services.” Child Abuse Review 30.2 (2021): 114-129.
Moylan, Carrie A et al. “The Effects of Child Abuse and Exposure to Domestic Violence on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems.” Journal of family violence vol. 25,1 (2010): 53-63. doi:10.1007/s10896-009-9269-9
Noble‐Carr, Debbie, Tim Moore, and Morag McArthur. “Children’s experiences and needs in relation to domestic and family violence: Findings from a meta‐synthesis.” Child & Family Social Work 25.1 (2020): 182-191.
Wathen, C Nadine, and Harriet L Macmillan. “Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence: Impacts and interventions.” Paediatrics & child health vol. 18,8 (2013): 19-22.
Film Reflection
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“12th & Delaware” by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing is a documentary film set in an abortion clinic known as a Woman’s World Medical Center, and a crisis pregnancy center called Pregnancy Care Center. The film covers the center along with its patients within a year. The film premiered on 24 -January -2010. The clinic is located in One street corner in Fort Pierce. The mission of this clinic is to stop women from aborting through providing counselling services. Although the abortion clinic takes safety measures against threats of violence and disperses protesters, it actively conveys false information to women concerning the risks of abortion (Grady & Ewing, 2010). This paper provides my personal reflection on the “12th & Delaware” film.
Reflection of 12th & Delaware Film
The documentary starts with a woman trying to bring sense to the doctors by telling them that they can help society in other ways than providing abortion. “Life is precious,” she shouts to them. Abortion is seen as an act of killing. One of the protesters says that 95% of those who have aborted regret doing this act. He further tells those attending the abortion center that they won’t be different from the statistical figure (Grady & Ewing, 2010). Looking at why most women choose to abort, the women give almost the same reasons. Lack of jobs to cater to their unborn babies is one of the causes. The role of employment during pregnancy on reproductive risk is enormous, the pressure for responsibilities that may arise after giving birth has been seen to contribute to causing a woman to choose to abort. The reasons most frequently stated while in the clinic were that giving birth to a child would negatively affect their wok, education, capacity to care for dependents. They see abortion as less interfering with their lives than giving birth.
Young girls who get unwanted pregnancies have also been under constant pressure from their parents and boyfriends. The thinking that getting pregnant early is associated with being outcasts to the family, and the community sees them like sinners. Timing births and the need to control family size have also been connected to why women choose to abort. The standard answer in the film is that women want to have a small family that they can manage.
The anti-abortion clinic has a mission to save women from guilty and keep their babies. I was surprised that the Abortion clinic also targets those with physical and cognitive disabilities; they don’t care about the health of these people. While on the other side, the clinic finds ways to develop strategies to convince women why they must keep the pregnancy. I have learned some reasons women opt to abort as; women experience difficulty conceiving a pregnancy or carrying a pregnancy to term after previous pregnancy termination. The effects of aborting are that abortion might lead to infertility.
The health of aborting women is also at the main risk. The main risk is that after surgical abortion, the doctors have to eliminate the parts of the baby that have stayed in the womb; this enlightens my thoughts. Learning that surgery causes hefty bleeding, which causes loss of blood in the body and might end up causing the woman to die, is surprising. There is this lady who, despite being counseled, she went ahead to abort. Also, the protestors have it that abortion is against human rights. Abortion dramatically affects the overall community of the women who deliberately terminate their pregnancy. Abortion has been found to affect society psychologically and morally, which has long-term implications.
The film confirms our learning that abortion affects human sexual activity. Legalizing abortion clinics is a significant concern; why should the authority allow people to abort? The protestors, which in this film are likely to be Christians, see the clinic as a way of removing the consequences of child rearing and thus causing increased sexual activities against their religious beliefs. Allowing women to abort is normalizing the killing of humans for convenience. This morally devastating culture shift is seen as a threat to life. Watching this film shows that abortion is one of the causes the society experiencing suicide cases. This relates to the teaching that human sexual activity significantly impacts our psychology.
Conclusion
The decisions to have an abortion are typically due to diverse and interrelated reasons. Human sexuality plays a significant role in human living. Borrowing from the 12th & Delaware film, people have different life goals. The anti-abortion clinic is against abortion, while the other clinic sees this as a business opportunity and justifies that women must be given the freedom to choose. The society has a role to play. Predominant economic condition, the attitudes, and behaviors of adults within the society strongly influence young people. Some might argue that abortion should be legalized due to the health complications of the mother. Social activities fundamentally determine how they drive everyone’s feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Sexual and reproductive health training needs to be implemented in social education to increase adolescent sexuality and abortion knowledge to improve adolescents’ sexual health.
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Grady, R., & Ewing, H. (Producers and Directors). (2010). 12th & Delaware. New York, NY: HBO Home Entertainment.
Economic Environment and marketing in India
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Economic Environment and marketing in India
The emphasis in this assignment is the economic environment and marketing. In the article, “India’s macroeconomic environment remains challenging “there is a clear discussion about the subject. To start with, there exists the fact that the recession is an external factor that affects in a great proportion the market, as well as marketing of a product. For instance, the changes that take place financially due to the recession has a huge economic set back towards a business. The recent recession that took place in 2008-2009 affected marketing in the retail industry of India. The recession played a big role in raising the rate of unemployment as workers were forced to put up with massive wage cuts and other negative setbacks of the recession.
The basic growth indicators that are found in the Indian economy have all been showing signs that point towards a stable macro economy. According to the writer, the macroeconomic environment is still challenging with respect to inflation that has hit the market from time to time. In the real sense, the government should step into the picture and ensure that businesses that are struggling as a result of recession, as well as inflation, are boosted through grants as well as loans that will ensure that they remain in the highly competitive market situation of India.
Another major and crucial economic influence towards a business is the level of competition that talks place in the market. Almost all sectors of Indian economy are going through acute competition from other avenues. For instance, there are foreign companies that are setting shop in the market, and whose wares and products are cheaper in price. However, there is no guarantee that the cheap products are quality or fit for the utilization of the public. In this case also, the government should also play part in ensuring that the local businesses are safe from the foreign influence. Taxes and tariffs towards the foreign businesses should be applied in a proportion that encourages local businesses.
Though the business environment remains challenging, there is existing data that points towards growth indicators characterized with stabilization. This is reflected by the persistent high rates of inflation, high credit deposit ratio as well as elevated trade deficit. However, all these should be controlled by the market players themselves. They have the option to regulate prices themselves in a manner that might suppress inflation. This way, the high rate of inflation will be lower, and instances such as the recession that took place several years ago will not affect the market in a major way.
The integration of marketing methods that apply technology in this market can be a tedious activity. This is one among numerous issues that players in the Indian market should take into consideration. The technological integration plan is a plan or model that can be used to assist traders to plan for effective marketing strategies if at all they want to use technology. The writer opines that the process of employing technology into business should be applied in phases to avoid confusion in the process.
Finally, there are vital conditions that have to be present in order to balance the economy and avoid the regular occurrence of inflation. In this approach, the economic environment will only influence the market in a positive way. At the same time, there will also be a good co-existence between the two, the market, and the economic environment.
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Morgan, Stanley. “India’s macroeconomic environment remains challenging.” The Economic
Times, 2012.