There are many questions surrounding abuse. While we are getting good at finding answers, we still don’t have all the answers. Below are a lot of questions and some links to help YOU find some ways to understand and to help. Some of the questions have no links. Why? Because there are few answers and few lights to shed on them. For now, they are “thinking questions.”
Why do people abuse?
http://www.loveisrespect.org/is-this-abuse/why-people-abuse/
Why do abused people stay in those relationships?
http://www.domesticabuseproject.com/get-educated/compelling-reasons-women-stay/
compelling reasons women stay
Why do parents put their kids through the horrors of domestic violence?
http://www.domesticviolence.com.au/pages/impact-of-domestic-violence-children-and-young-people.php
Why do children keep their abuse a secret?
http://www.stopitnow.org/faq/why-dont-children-tell-if-they-have-been-abused
http://www.lfcc.on.ca/tipping.htm
Why are children abused?
http://www.stopitnow.org/sites/default/files/documents/files/prevent_child_sexual_abuse.pdf
Why do parents abuse their children?
http://www.livestrong.com/article/142315-what-causes-parents-abuse-their-child/
Why do people abuse elders?
http://inpea.net/images/Elder_Abuse_Fact_Sheet.pdf
Why do abusers pick the most vulnerable people?
What is domestic violence and abuse?
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/domestic-violence-and-abuse.htm
What’s the big deal about verbal abuse? It’s only words.
What is emotional abuse?
How can you help an abuse woman in an abusive relationship?
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/help-for-abused-and-battered-women.htm
http://www.bwf1.com/can-i-help/
How can you help a child in an abusive home?
http://www.americanhumane.org/children/stop-child-abuse/fact-sheets/guidelines-for-helping.html
http://www.americanhumane.org/children/stop-child-abuse/
How can you tell when a child has been abused?
http://www.safehorizon.org/page/10-signs-of-child-abuse-58.html
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/child-abuse/basics/symptoms/CON-20033789
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/tc/child-maltreatment-symptoms
How can you tell when a spouse is covering up their spouses abuse?
How can you tell if an elderly person is being abused?
What can communities do to help those in abuse relationships?
What can communities do to help protect children from abusive adults?
What can we do to help protect children from abusive children?