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Luanna Rodham Interviews Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

The following is an interview Dr. Jeanne King participated in for Domestic Violence Awareness Month on IdeaMarketers.com.

Question: When using the term “domestic violence,” does the violence happen to the children as well—or primarily to one of the parents? How does domestic violence affect the children in the home?

More often than not, if one parent is victimized, children will be victimized as well. The statistics on this draw from battered women. It is estimated that 60-70% of men who batter their female partners also batter their children. In fact, according to child abuse experts, intimate partner violence is the best predictor of child abuse. Some pediatricians say it’s the number one indicator of child abuse.

The answer to this question regarding the impact on children, Luanna, can fill volumes. Suffice it to say, domestic abuse is damaging from the inside out, from the core of your being. And when that being is in its formative years, development can be impaired profoundly. This including emotional, social, cognitive, behavioral and psychological development.

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