This number does not include the emotional abuse. If the mother is not safe, neither are the children. Domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental health problems are known risk factors for child abuse. These conditions are chronic and recurrent and require long-term intervention and support to alleviate. Child abuse is 15 times more likely to occur in households where adult domestic violence is also present.
Children look , learn , listen , and repeat .
The health, behavioral, and social consequences of domestic violence are enormous. There is a strong correlation between homeless youth or teenage pregnancy and growing up in an abusive household. Constant stress affects development of the brain. Just as love imprints itself on a child's brain, so does abuse. Alaska has 6 times the national average of reported child sexual assault.