The Domestic Violence Cycle

Imagine this if you would as a parent or as a child. Late in the evening you are awakened by your mother returning home from the motel in which your father is staying as a divorce grows near. You are young and do not know about what or why grown ups do things. You haven't the slightest idea of what domestic violence is. Seeing your mother crying you ask her, "What happened, why are you …

…child, maybe it won't be revealed as an adult. This domestic violence cycle needs a kink in the chain for it to stop. Whether it starts at the child's development or starts at the adult levels is arguable. But domestic violence will most likely effect each person at some point in life. it is up to us as American adults to prevent American children from following in our wrong footsteps and shoot for right ones.