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How you can help your children
  • Try to talk to your children and reassure them that the abuse is not their fault

  • They need to understand that the abuse is wrong, if you do not talk about it they may assume that this is normal behaviour

  • Children may try to protect you from the abuse and therefore risk being hurt themselves. This can often lead to guilt as they fail to stop to violence. Reassure them that is not their responsibility to protect you

  • Talk to the teacher. This will help the school to understand any changes in attendance, behaviour or mood of your children. The teacher may be able to offer support and help them feel less isolated.
Informing the teacher of the domestic abuse and keeping them up to date with your current situation, could also help the school to prevent the perpetrator using the children to find you if you have left the home. If you have an injunction preventing the perpetrator having access to the children, the school needs to be aware of this and who to contact if the terms of the injunction are broken. The school will be able to help you to get support from Social Services if there is a child protection issue. This does not mean your children will be taken from you, this happens only very rarely.

Try wherever possible to keep your children safe
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