Family Violence Statistics

• 70 % of the men who abuse their female partners also abuse their children.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX.

• Approximately 90% of children are aware of the violence directed at their mothers.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX.

• Child abuse is 15 times more likely to occur in families where domestic violence is present.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX.

• Children living with family violence use hitting as their initial method to solve problems.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX.

• As children mature in homes where family violence is occurring, sympathy toward the mother is often replaced by overt hostility.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX.

• Regardless of their age, children living with domestic violence tend to have higher risks of alcoholic / drug abuse and juvenile delinquency.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX.

• Boys who witness violence learn that violence is an appropriate way of resolving conflict. Boys from violent homes may become disruptive, act aggressively toward objects and people, and may throw severe temper tantrums.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX.

• Girls may learn that victimization is inevitable. May become withdrawn, passive, clinging, and dependent.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX.

• A child's brain development may be negatively affected; nervousness, anxiety, shorter attention span, hyperactivity.
- Effects of Family Violence On Children, Tarrant County Public Health Department, Family Violence Prevention , Fort Worth , TX