Serious Health Consequences to Children Witnessing Domestic Violence - Barry Goldstein, Esq.

"New Research Requires Changes in Custody Court Practices

Starting with the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study in 1998 medical researchers have established the enormous and long term harm to children from being exposed to traumatic events such as witnessing domestic violence and direct physical or sexual abuse.  The research establishes that there is a cumulative adversity so that the more exposure a child suffers the greater the chance of serious medical consequences and the more serious those consequences are likely to be.  There is now a substantial body of medical research that establishes not only the enormous harm to children, but the many mechanisms that result in increased illnesses and injuries during their childhood and for the rest of their lives.  When court or other professionals fail to take sensible actions to safeguard children, or give more consideration to less important factors they are literally reducing the life expectancy of these children...."

http://timesupblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/serious-health-consequences-to-children.html

Short on time? Use our Category Search page.