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Prevention and healthy relationships

How does domestic abuse affect children and young people?

  • Domestic abuse can affect a child’s sense of safety, emotions, behaviour, relationships and learning.
  • Children can be affected even when abuse is not physically directed at them.
  • There is no single way a child will respond, and behaviour alone cannot tell us what they have experienced.
  • Safe relationships, stability and support that fits the child’s needs can help them recover.
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