When dad hurts mom
Subtitle: helping your children heal the wounds of witnessing abuse
By: by Lundy Bancroft
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780399151101
Subjects: Mental health; Psychology; Children of abused wives; Relations familiales; Victims of family violence; Hommes violents; Life skills guides; Santé mentale; Prévention; Prevention; Abusive men; Habiletés de base; Abused wives; Family violence; Enfants de femmes victimes de violence; Femmes victimes de violence; Violence familiale; Psychologie; Victimes de violence familiale; Family relationships; Guides
Description: Discusses the effects of spousal abuse on children, explains how the abusive partner distorts familial relationships, and offers advice for helping youngsters overcome the trauma of the abuse that they witnessed.
Table of contents: title: Partner abuse through children's eyes and ears; title: pt. I. The abusive man and your children. The abusive mindset and children; title: Abusive men as parents; title: Understanding your children's inner world; title: Protecting your children's boundaries; title: pt. II. The Abusive man and family dynamics. A weekend with the Abbott family; title: Defending your role as mother; title: Maintaining healthy dynamics in your family; title: To leave or not to leave; title: Dealing with child protective services; title: pt. III. The abusive man and your children post-separation. What separation and divorce mean for your children; title: Abusive men as post-separation parents; title: Making your way in the family court system; title: pt. IV. Children moving forward. Helping your children heal; title: Empowering your children; title: Stopping the cycle of abuse; title: Hearing the personal accounts of abused mothers.