I am writing about an issue that occurs within broken families and is a form of child abuse. This little known form of abuse is called Hostile Parenting, formally called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). Hostile Parenting is a group of behaviors that are damaging to the children’s mental and emotional well-being and can interfere with a relationship between the child and either parent. These behaviors most often accompany high conflict marriages, separation and divorce. The behaviors whether verbal or nonverbal, cause a child to be mentally manipulated or bullied into believing a loving parent is the cause of all their problems, or the enemy to be feared, hated, disrespected and avoided.
This aggression could bring on temper tantrums, and urges of anger making it difficult for the parent who is taking the child to a public place. These actions draw a lot of negative attention while out in public. Bullying is one other behavior brought on by aggression causing your child to be suspended or even expelled from school. “Children don't learn peaceful ways of solving conflict when they are exposed to violence. "(Mann, 2010) Antisocial behavior is also at the top of the list of behaviors caused by
No matter how bad or good their life is kids or teens still have problems they face. Teens and kids deal with problems differently than adults do, they may face their problems with anger or violence and this is why they become delinquents. All juvenile delinquents are different. They all have their own problems and each one has different needs. They need to be treated with just as much respect as the others their age do.
Children who are exposed to violence undergo lasting physical, mental, and emotional harm (Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, Hamby, & Kracke, 2009). They suffer from difficulties with attachment, regressive behavior, anxiety and depression, and aggression and conduct problems (Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, Hamby, & Kracke, 2009). Children who are exposed to violence are more prone to experience domestic violence as adults and involvement with child welfare and the juvenile justice system (Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, Hamby, & Kracke, 2009). It is not easy
This robust connection holds for both offenders and victims. Unemployment or low-income households are often correlated with discrimination, racism, unsafe living conditions, and social isolation (Bartol & Bartol, 2008). It must be kept in mind that poverty is a relative concept affected by ethnicity and cultural background. Poverty is associated with higher levels of parental stress, which is linked to more aggressive models of parenting or child control. Thus, children growing up in these households are possibly led to believe that survival is dependent on being aggressive; also, they identify with these violent parental roles models having limited access to positive adults due to social isolation.
A child’s weak mind is unable to deal with such impacting and severe issues that have an effect on their daily life process. Child abuse and bullying can start anywhere from at home to school, to the different atmospheres that they are present in. In a few cases child abuse and bullying can be a cause and effect situation. Cause and effect from the action of being abused as a child, to lead the child into the action of becoming a bully because of prior issues. According to dictionary.com bullying is defined as “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and
All children occasionally react in this way on a bad day or if upset by a situation, and many teenagers go through troublesome times. But children with oppositional defiant disorder are like this all the time, making them very hard to deal with. Symptoms The key behavioural symptoms of ODD are negative, hostile and defiant behaviour. For ODD to be diagnosed, symptoms have to have been present for at least six months and involve four or more of the following: often loses temper often argues with adults often actively defies or refuses to comply with adults’ requests or rules often deliberately annoys people often blames others for his mistakes or misbehaviour often touchy or easily annoyed by others often angry and resentful often spiteful or vindictive. To be classified as ODD, the behaviour also has to have caused a significant degree of disturbance to home, social or school life.
This could be for a number of reasons, such as being from a poor family or them feeling like they are not getting enough attention at home. ‘” Children live in fear”’ said Becker (“Uganda: Child Abductions…”). The way that children in these situations are being treated is terrible. Adolescents who have been abducted are
This example shows you that his mind hasn’t yet fully developed to understand the consequences brought to him by his actions. It’s in this philosophy that I believe juveniles should not be tried as adults. A child’s immaturity is his most dangerous trait. Many children lack the ability to rationalize a stressful situation. Adults have a hard time making the right judgment calls, imagine the mindset of an emotional immature child?
Some kids feel betrayed by their separated parents. Miscommunication between parents and kids enters the relationship. They feel they have to take care of themselves, to put matter in their own hands. These effects damages kids, and most often Children whose parents have divorced are more and more the targets of abuse. These abuse often lead to low self-esteem and in some extreme cases