Children who only witness violence at home still show signs of abuse, say experts

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A child who is brought up in a "chaotic" house filled abuse and anger is more likely to grow up thinking that violence at home is normal, say experts. Even if they aren't abused themselves, their brains automatically associate that kind of anger with stress and fear. For example, the majority (all but four or five) of the men who pass though Community Alternatives of the Black Hills, a transitional house for federal prisoners, admit they were from an abusive home, says Lori McClure, assistant director of the program. Experts agree: A great deal of the problem is the fear chaotic homes cause. Children grow up with this fear, and when the reach adulthood, they react to others aggressively because they don't want to appear afraid. Rich Mylant, a counselor who leads Rapid City's Violence Intervention Program group sessions, tells men they have 26 weeks (usually their sentence) to break the cycle, because if they don't they may as well drop their sons at jail and their daughters in hospital now. The thought that their children are so impressionable "Shakes them up, makes them think," he said.
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