what could happen to a child if he/she witnesses their mother being physically abused by their father?

Question

what could happen to this child as an adult??

Answer 1

they could grow up to be abusers themselves or insurcure.

Answer 2

If it is you get out of the situation and do not wait until the child is grown to find out weather they will be maladjusted or not. They could end up being abusive or end up being in an abusive relationship, but it is up to you to teach them to be stronger than that. Give them a good base even if the other parent may not be. I have known a lot of people that have come out of extremely bad situations and they ended up being well adjusted, but they usually had a good mentor to show them the whole world did not have to be so miserable.
So get out now while you can and you be the rock your child can stand with. Be blessed and may God have his best angels watching over you. Because I know it is not an easy situation to deal with.

Answer 3

Well, they will more than likely have some issues to deal with for the rest of their lives. I'm in my mid-twenties and still have horrifying flashbacks. It is a terrible thing to subject children to. They could also become abusers themselves....but either way they are definitally going to be negatively affected by this.

Answer 4

From personal experience, my son saw my ex-husband drag me out on the lawn strip me naked and beat the hell out of me, if you think they forget those things...your wrong, it stays with them for a long time, Cory is almost 10 now and well he can still tell me what he saw, and how he never wants that man; "his father" to ever come back again.

This doesnt go away, it does scar them and it will affect how they grow up if you stay in that kind of situation...

Love isnt supposed to hurt that much.

Answer 5

i had that happen to me when i was a little girl. I hated my dad for what he did as he was also an alcoholic and he abused my mum all the time and he hit her. i never have forgotten it, Even tho my dad is dead i still have not forgiven him and i most probably never will. best of all i have not become the abuser tho in my family and i am not an alcoholic either as i have seen what it can do to you. T

Answer 6

The child will most likely be emotionally scarred, and think that it is the social norm. Then when her boyfriend/husband beats her, she will accept it as okay and stay in the relationship. Worse, she might feel that it is okay to do the same to her children.

Answer 7

they will be more likely to become abusive or enter an abusive relationship

that is if they grow up
husbands who abuse tend to become fathers who abuse

leave now if this is your issue if it's a friend's problem give them all the support you can

Answer 8

Children are like sponges; they take in everything they see and hear (good or bad). When they see bad, and no one tells them what they see is bad, then they will repeat the same thinking it's the correct way to act.

Answer 9

It can give them a complex. It can make them act out in anger through violence. It can make them accept his sort of treatment when they grow up. It can make them hate men. It can make them think whats happening is okay. It can be really hurting them emotionally.

Answer 10

They would be more likely to either be abusive, or be abused. That's based on statistical research.

Answer 11

They may repeat the same thing when older. They may just despise their father, (sperm donor) cause fathers don't do that.