The creator of this piece Dr Seema Naaz, Assistant Professor, Centre for Early Childhood Development & Research, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi have performed analysis to know the affect of publicity to parental violence on kids dwelling in Delhi and NCR. She interviewed grownup survivors of parental conflicts and tried to know their lived experiences. Additionally, youngster psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors and social staff working with kids and households have been interviewed to know the scenario from knowledgeable’s perspective.

The penalties of publicity to parental violence are numerous which will embrace hindering bodily well being of the kid witness to affecting psychological and emotional well being in addition to impeding educational efficiency of the youngsters of their peer group interactions. This affect will not be restricted simply to childhood years however may even get extended to their adolescence and even maturity.

Professionals offering psychosocial assist to kids and households have repeatedly been speaking concerning the methods kids get harmed by advantage of being witnesses of parental conflicts. 

One of the social staff working with Crime Against Women Cell (CAWC), New Delhi quoted, “They [children] become silent observers of the violence [parental violence] and find themselves helpless as they cannot resolve parental issues and at times get maltreated. Their confidence level goes down and they go into depression as they find themselves powerless. They live in guilt due to failure of not being able to stop the violence and at times they blame themselves for the violence.”

Constant anxiousness, fears, and restlessness may accompany the youngsters dwelling with parental violence and will have an effect on their lives as much as an excellent extent that they may to go away their houses or keep alone. An grownup survivor of parental violence stated, “I used to be so insecure [anxious] that I used to think [wonder] that will it be ever over or not. That anxiety and insecurity increased so much that I did not want to live with my family; I wanted a place of mine where my parents would not be there.”