Feb 23 2009
A New Begining
How many times does a person have at starting over. A mother or father and children in a home of physical and verbal abuse for the first time deserves a new start. When the mother or father returns themselves and their children to this environment knowingly time after time, do they still deserve another start. At what point do we draw a line or do we never draw that line? Should the mother or father continue that destructive cycle until they learn the hard way?
As a child growing up moving in and out of a mother or fathers abusive relationships can do a considerable amount of damage on a child and their development. If the child is also experiencing abuse whether it be verbal or physical, they to are going to need a healthy intervention. Children under such circumstances can grow and act out in resentment, whether it be through emotional disorders with anger, or even depression. Children can also have a lack in developing cognitively. They may also experience problems with potty training, and succeeding in their studies. Unfortunately there is only a small time frame in which intervention would be beneficial in turning the child around for better development and fixing any damages. As the child gets older, the harder it is for a “turn around.”
So the real question is, who is hurting more. The child or parent? If children are involved in such events they are the ones who deserve to start over. children should be the first in considering drawing a line of physical needs, safety, and loving and belonging. If the parents decide to continue on a knowingly destructive path then so be it, but a child does not deserve it and should be given a better life. It is with a child where a line should be drawn, by either removing them from such environments or counseling the parents to put their children and themselves in a better place, or the parent will face a harsh reality of possibly losing their children through death, or by a social worker.
