Today one of my friends had to go through something that no person should have to go through. She had to go to court even though she didn't do anything wrong. On June 24, 2008 my friend's sister was killed by her own husband. After he killed her, he commited suicide. They had a 2 year old child that now has to grow up with neither of her own parents. The reason they had to go to court today was because they have to talk about custody of the child. Currently, the grandmother gets her, however, there is someone who is trying to take her. I am very upset about this situation and no child should have to experience this!!! I looked up some interesting statistics that I thought I would post.
* 75% of violent children have witnessed violence between partners
* 63% of the young men between the ages of 11 and 20 who are serving jail sentences are there for homicide--for killing their mother's abuser
* 40- 60% of men who abuse women, also abuse children
* 70% of children are physically abused
* 20% of children are sexually abused
* 90% of children abused are killed during domestic disputes are under the age of 10, half of those are under age 2.
HOW TO HELP STOP THE VIOLENCE...
1. Contact a shelter. They are in dire need of help. Volunteer your time, as much or as little as you can manage. Donate to food drives and clothing drives. Donate money if you can spare it to enhance programs at shelters designed to help battered women get back on their feet.
2. To learn how to stop Domestic Violence in your community, call 1-800-END-ABUSE and ask for information on what you can do locally.
3. Learn about domestic violence and how to recognize when it is happening.
4. Not talking about the abuse is the WRONG approach! Handled with care, the situation needs to be reported immediately and never kept quite.
5. If you are being abused call the following hotline; it is open 24/7 365 days a year in all 50 states.
-National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
"Never think his violence is your fault,
Domestic violence is a crime!"
**Statistics from http://www.angelfire.com/nj3/stoptheviolence/**
I hope you will keep this in mind and take it to heart!
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