
Effects of Exposure to Domestic Violence on Young Children
According to the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV), there were 105,500 crimes of domestic violence reported in Florida in 2016. FCADV says that many more survivors of domestic violence never report their abusers to police and social services, leading to continued violence in the home. For children and babies living in homes where domestic violence occurs, the impacts can have both short-term and long-term effects. Even if children do not directly witness act