Children's Perspectives on Domestic Violence

Drawing on the newest research designed to hear the voices of children and young people, this important book examines children's experiences and perspectives on living with domestic violence.

How do they make sense of their experiences? Do they receive the right sort of help from formal and informal sources? Drawing on the newest research designed to hear the voices of children and young people, this important book examines children's experiences and perspectives on living with domestic violence. The authors explore: the effect of domestic violence on children; what children say would help them most in coping with domestic violence; and the advice children would offer other children who find themselves in similar circumstances, their mothers and the helping professions. This accessible book written for students, their teachers, researchers and all those working with children - across social work, health, child psychology and psychiatry, the law and education - will provide a vital insight into children's own perspectives on domestic violence.

Children in Their Own Issue

A Shift of Approach Researching with Children on a Sensitive Topic What Children Know and Understand about Domestic Violence Children's Experiences of Living with Domestic Violence Children's Coping Strategies Barriers of Racism, Ethnicity and Culture The Influence of Domestic Violence on Relationships between Children and Their Mothers Life with a Violent Father Listening to the Children

The Way Ahead