Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project

Type

Book

Authors

Betsy Mcalister Groves

ISBN 10

0807031399

ISBN 13

9780807031391

Tags

Home Repair, Conflict Resolution, Abuse, Parenting, Teen & Young Adult, Child Psychology, Children's Studies, Violence in Society, Developmental Psychology, Psychotherapy

Description

Betsy McAlister Groves explores the traumatic effects of witnessing violence on children and recommends actions to minimize the effects of the harm done to them. Groves asserts that children are vulnerable to trauma from witnessing violence at any age, not just after their memories begin, and uses stories from her work as part of the Child Witness to Violence Project to illustrate the impact of domestic and community violence on the children that they affect. She emphasizes the power of close family relationships to heal, or further traumatize, young children. In the last chapter, she identifies six steps that American society must take to create a safer world for children.

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