It has long been recognised that the emotional wellbeing of children can be impacted upon and is seen as a Child Protection issue. Under new legislation, section 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force on January 31st 2022 and recognises children as victims in their own right - a massive move forward in how the law recognises and deals with domestic abuse. The legislation states that a child, under 18 years of age, who see’s, hears or experiences domestic abuse and whom is related to either the victim or the perpetrator of the abuse is automatically regarded as a victim in their own right. Hopefully, moving forwards, this will mean that there are more resources to help children who have experienced domestic abuse as for far too long, these children have been invisible.
Thank you for writing this -about time it's recognised what it does to the children, otherwise they get labelled as 'naughty' in school, or even 'pleasers', either way they aren't finding their own way in life and the abuse is imbedded into them. My heart breaks for the children.
Thank you for writing this -about time it's recognised what it does to the children, otherwise they get labelled as 'naughty' in school, or even 'pleasers', either way they aren't finding their own way in life and the abuse is imbedded into them. My heart breaks for the children.