... captured public attention are the elderly and parents abused by adolescent children. Unless a child kills or maims a parent, it is unlikely that the child's violent behavior will come to public attention. As a result, parents of abusive children suffer from tremendous anxiety, depression and guilt that often keep them as psychological prisoners ... For example, wicked stepmothers in children's fairy tales, "the old woman who lived in a shoe-, beat her children. For some, violence is considered a socially appropriate means of solving interpersonal problems. Sexual and generational inequa...

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