The poem turns dark, matter of fact, as its bouncing cadence details how she hid in the closet with her siblings, listening to the cries as her father hit her mother. Mom swallowed a bottle of pills and it isn t the same. The poem ends. The reader knows that the girl won t be the same either.
Children are the silent victims of domestic violence socially, psychologically, and physically.
Those who witness violence are 1,000 times more likely to be a batterer or a victim themselves. In almost every instance, nearly two dozen experts interviewed for this series said the most important goal for the future is stopping the cycle of domestic violence. Sometimes parents can help out in the most basic ways, said Goldstein. If their child s boyfriend is overly jealous or possessive, it s a sign that he sees their child as a possession. It is the most common early warning sign of abuse.