Most babies don't mind. If you want to warm baby food, do it just before serving. If you use a microwave oven, take care to stir the food after heating and re-check for hot spots. About one out of six U.S. families contains some violence against women. Even if the children in these homes are not being beaten, they are affected by what they see their parents doing.
Research shows that seeing parents hit each other has different effects on girls and boys.
Girls who see their parents hitting each other are more likely to be beaten themselves when they grow up and enter their own relationships with men. Boys who see their parents hitting each other are more likely to be violent against women later in their lives. Children in violent families learn that it is OK to hit the people they love. They also learn to solve family conflicts with violence. Most families solve their disagreements by talking them out, not by hitting.