Husbands of these times supported the family and were the only ones who had a job in the family. In "Sweat" Delia was the supporter of the family she worked every day supporting herself and Sykes. ... Most women stayed home and watched the children while the men supported the family. With women not working this made it hard for them to get enough money to leave their husbands and support themselves and their children without their husbands. ...

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Parents must realize that it is not safe to assume that family members, or friends are incapable of abusing a child. ... Stresses in families usually foreshadow child abuse. ... Child abuse can occur in several families but the risk factors are greater in families where there is a lack of parenting knowledge. ... Now days, parents have too many unmet needs, and too little support. ... Furthermore, to help reduce family stress and the risk of a child being mistreated, more parents should join a parent support group to talk with others who feel the same stresses, and help each other develop diff...

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In times of severe emotional and physical abuse, most people turn to their families for support. ... Slavery destroyed any attempt towards having a normal family but he tried to create a family in different ways in order to survive his own conditions. Since his family was torn apart disrupted by slavery at very early age he had to form a family. ... A man who was probably his father represented this violent act; the role of father was distorted to Douglass and had caused him to search for support from his fellow slaves. ... He had to rely on memories and experiences in order to create a stab...

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"(Lynn) After Crystal's tragic death her family opened up a Domestic violence Shelter called "The Crystal Judson" center which is also a resource center to help other women get help who are being abused. ... The YWCA is a temporary "safe house" with individual rooms that can house up to thirty families at any given time, and it also has a separate building next to it where women are sometimes court ordered for counseling. ... Domestic violence is the common thread that bonds the victims at the Crystal Judson Center and the YWCA as they work together to support on...

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Joe continuously shows Pip that he is there for him and supports him throughout the book. ... As soon as the family sits down, insults are thrown at Pip in a very demeaning manor. ... Some may say that if he truly wanted to show his support he would have stood up for Pip. ... But although he never stopped it, Joe supported him. Sometimes when one is going through a hard time that's they need, and even though they may not have the physical support, sometimes a mental support from someone is all one needs to be comforted. ...

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Children were forced to work at a young age to help support their family. ... No education was provided for these children, only the children of wealthy families were educated. ... In conclusion children that were poor had to work to help their families put food on the table. ...

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It is not just between women and men but also from single women with no kids to single moms trying to make ends meat to support their family. ... I know some establishments believe that having children can prevent a mother from giving her best, but mothers also have to support their family so it is in their best interest to work their hardest and give their best performance at work in order to keep that job. ... Another issue we face in the work place is that companies are not very family oriented. ... Germany also provides extra money to single mothers to help maintain a stable household an...

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Don grabbed her by the hair and jerked her out of bed. By this time his verbal accusations had moved from her behavior at the party to the incompetence as a wife and mother. Although Molly knew this was going to get bad, she had neither the energy nor the ability to resist physically or get away. When Don started beating her with his fists, she put up her arms to protect her face and crouched down on the floor, hoping it would end soon. Don grabbed her by the hair, turned her on her back, and choked her while banging her head on the floor. ...

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Children can often be helped by providing predictability, nurturance, support, and cognitive or insight-oriented interventions to make them feel safe, comfortable, and loved. ... Families that live under the poverty line have children that are 1.3 times more likely to have developmental problems than those that live over the poverty line (Children, 3). ... Consequently leading to high unemployment rates and jeopardizes safety in families. ... Many enter the system for various reasons like abuse, neglect, family issues, parent's choice, drug abuse etc, (Koller, 1). ... They will not have ...

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Some feel that child labour is morally wrong and that children should not work, no matter how poverty stricken their families are. Some large corporations support child labour, and argue that it is good thing because it gives families who are poverty-stricken a source of income and keeps production prices low. No matter which viewpoint you support, child labour does negatively impact children in developing counties, physically, emotionally, and economically and jeopardizes future opportunities to break the cycle of poverty. ... Due to the fact that the children do not get an education an...

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Psychological neglect includes the lack of any emotional support and love, never attending to the child, spousal abuse, drug and alcohol abuse including allowing the child to participate in drug and alcohol use. ... An abused child can become a recluse and distance themselves away from the family. ... Signs of Child Abuse or Neglect Many people fear that reporting child abuse or neglect will destroy a family. The truth, however, is that getting help can protect children from further harm and assist the family in facing and overcoming its problems. ... Parents need to show their children sup...

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Many people today believe that children don't see or concern themselves with what they see and hear in the way of family violence. ... The sad part of domestic violence is that children most often enough feel that they are the blame for the violence and that it is up to them to restore peace to the family. ... Encourage the child to seek out support networks such as friends, teachers, relatives, counselors, or neighbors. ...

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In 70% of the families where abuse towards the spouse occurs, there is also physical abuse of the children. ... No one is safe from domestic abuse when a member in the family is receiving the abuse in one form or another. ... Domestic violence or rape outside of the family starts at a very early age for girls. ... The victim feels humiliated and embarrassed when talking to family, friends, court system, and from society. ... The victims have to put up with the abuse and worry about who is going to listen, or support them through this difficult ordeal. ...

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Stalking is now part of the legal system including the California Family and California civil codes. ... Under this Penal Code not only the victim but the victim's immediate family members are protected from the stalker. "Immediate family" Includes a spouse, parent, child or sibling, or any other person who regularly resides in a person's household or resided in a person's household within the past six months. ... These agencies often give support for victims and their families. ...

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Family violence has existed since the conception of the family unit. ... Each year, an estimated 3.3 million children are exposed to violence by family members against their mothers or female caretakers. ... The Family Protection and Domestic Violence Intervention Act of 1994 required the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV) to develop and distribute a standardized "domestic incident report"(DIR) form to be utilized by police departments throughout the State. ... A ...

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Teachers tend to believe that school violence is a result of sociological factors such as: lack of parental supervision, lack of family involvement and exposure to violence in the mass media. ... In fact, research has shown that juveniles who are victimized, or who repeatedly witness violence, and do not receive immediate support in understanding and dealing with it are at higher risk of using violence as a means of dealing with their own conflicts; thus repeating the cycle of violence. ... We need more discipline in the family, in school, and even in public. ...

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While a number of causes for wife abuse have been suggested, husband primarily abuse their wives because they grew up in a violent family, have low self-esteem, and are influenced by society. Men who grew up in a violent family tend to be more abusive than those who did not are. ... (McKenzie 21) Goldentyer also supports the thought that in some home a father may force his children to watch as he beats their mother. ...

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Since one of the major components of abuse is isolation, the battered woman often lacks a support system. Her family ties and friendships have been destroyed. ... The abuser was probably brought up that way from an abusive family. ... They lost their family and friends because of her abuser. ... Many battered women need all the support they can get. ...

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Domestic violence tears thousands of family's apart every year. ... Out of all families who have children, 2 out of 5 children are beaten. ... The best things to do when dealing with domestic violence include counseling for domestic abuse which should be available from the local community health centers, family support services, and your neighborhood. ... When feeling threatened or worried about your family's safety in any way, you should not hesitate to call the police. ... Through the rising domestic violence rate, I feel in a few years no one will have to worry about being hi...

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Authors of the survey "Talking With Kids About Tough Issues," by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Nickelodeon, asked 1,249 parents of children ages 8 to 15 and 823 children ages 8 to 15 about their problems and whether they sort them out by talking to each other. ... A home-and school association meeting to discuss and support such an initiative can be helpful in preventing a child to be bullied. ... Their faculty must maintain a high profile in terms of the behavioral expectations of their students in order to gain support from the community and send a clear message to the families of pr...

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Authors of the survey "Talking With Kids About Tough Issues," by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Nickelodeon, asked 1,249 parents of children ages 8 to 15 and 823 children ages 8 to 15 about their problems and whether they sort them out by talking to each other. ... A home-and school association meeting to discuss and support such an initiative can be helpful in preventing a child to be bullied. ... Their faculty must maintain a high profile in terms of the behavioral expectations of their students in order to gain support from the community and send a clear message to the families of pr...

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Families just endured or split apart-(2). Eventually she told a family member who informed Dorothy's mother about the abuse. ... As time went on Dorothy grew through her childhood stages and became the first in her family to graduate high school. ... The support they gave me made it possible for me to become a writer. (7) This was her calling, she now knew that she was meant to be a writer. ... Another story written by Allison, Gun Craz, starts off painting a nice picture of this family who goes out and does things together. ...

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This love that the wife is giving to her husband in support for his gathering is ended when the narrator's parents ask the grandparents to take him to club one year. ... The family honored all of the requests except for the final one, the request to leave the coffin open. ...

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Rita told me there once was a case where she was a counselor for a family. ... Maybe helping to relocate the victim and their family, get a job, and have steady counseling to help ease the situation. ... She stated many needed to know there is going to be a long road to healing ahead, for both the family and the child. She also credits knowing her family, and her co-workers are there to support and help her, when she becomes stressed over the job. ...

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Other times it is the result of family problems over which the abuser has no control. ... There is a higher percentage rate of mistreatment in families with mixed religion marriages. ... Physical violence is more common in poor families, families living under stress or parents who suffered cruelty as children. ... The narrower picture of types of abuse includes unreasonable physical violence, verbal abuse, failure to provide proper shelter, foodstuffs, medical treatment or emotional support, incest, sexual molestation or rape, and the making of child pornography. ...

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