Parental Conflict vs. Domestic Abuse - Support for both
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What is Parental Conflict?
Some level of arguing and conflict between parents is often a normal part of everyday life. However, there is strong evidence that conflict between parents – whether together or separated – can have a significant negative impact on children’s mental health and long-term life-chances. Not all conflict is damaging, but where this is frequent, intense and poorly resolved it can have a significant negative impact on children’s mental health and long-term life chances.
Damaging conflict between parents can be expressed in many ways such as:
- aggression
- silence
- lack of respect
- emotional control
- lack of resolution
- domestic abuse
What is Domestic Abuse?
Domestic abuse is any type of controlling, bullying, threatening or violent behaviour between people in a relationship. It can seriously harm children and young people and witnessing domestic abuse is child abuse. It's important to remember domestic abuse:
- can happen inside and outside the home
- can happen over the phone, on the internet and on social networking sites
- can happen in any relationship and can continue even after the relationship has ended
- both men and women can be abused or abusers.
Domestic Abuse can happen to anyone.
Where can I get support around Domestic Abuse and / or Parental Conflict?
Providing information around signs of Domestic Abuse and where you can go to get further support.
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Find out how to get help if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse. If English is not your first language, information has been translated into several languages as well as an easy read version. |
Here you can contact Domestic Abuse support workers, join forums with other survivors of Domestic Abuse, access a Survivors handbook which offers help in many areas of domestic abuse, as well as further support, advice and resources. |
A wide range of information and support, including information around the effects of Domestic Abuse on Women and Children. |
If your child has witnessed or experienced domestic violence, here you can find information on where to get help for them.
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A helpline for male victims of Domestic Abuse. You can talk to someone via the telephone, via webchat or via email. |
Hampshire Local Support for Victims of Domestic Abuse. | ||
Information about what might cause some level of Parental Conflict, ways to reduce this and resources to support. |
Find out what 'Reducing Parental Conflict' is and how it is different to domestic abuse or controlling behaviour. |
Video resources to show different scenarios of Parental Conflict, to help you see things differently, and do things differently. |
Advice and guidance for parents / Carers in conflict or separating. |
