According to USA Today (1/29, O’Donnell, Quarshie), “witnessing abuse carries the same risk of harm to children’s mental health and learning as being abused directly,” research indicated. Investigators “who followed 1,420 children in North Carolina from age nine to 30 found that exposure to domestic violence in the home had the same serious and life-changing effects as experiencing the abuse directly.” The findings were published online Nov. 9 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “The startling toll on children who witness domestic violence is just now being understood, “Jayne O’Donnell and Mabinty Quarshie, USA Today, January 29, 2019