Article Summary about Abusive Fathers and Child Abuse
Article Summary about Abusive Fathers and Child Abuse
This article entitled Do Homes With Absent Or Abusive fathers Breed Violence? (http://www.io.com/~eoc/html/internallinks_statistics.html) is about families with absent and abusive fathers. It shows interesting and shocking statistics on these kinds of families. The statistics seem to show that violence is bred in homes with absent and abusive fathers. For example, 63% of youth suicides are from homes with absent or abusive fathers (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census) and 90% of all homeless and runaway children are also from abusive fathers. These are some of the shocking statistics
These statistics are shocking because I could have been part of these statistics. I come from one of these homes with an absent or abusive father. I’ve experienced both an absence and abuse. I was first abused and then I was left behind. But it was for the better. The abuse would have continued. That would have been worse for me.
For me, my abusive father did not breed violence into the family but created some bad. When my dad left I started to steal. He was financially important to us. He was an architect making at least $70,000 a year. I basically was able to get many things I wanted. When he left and lost his job, I started stealing the things I wanted. That was a mistake. I never got caught but I got someone into stealing also and I got him caught. I felt so horrible. I watched my friend get arrested when it should have been me. This was a bad way to cope with my problem. But, there are worse ways to cope with this problem and the statistics in this article shows it. For example, running away. The article says that 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from homes with absent or abusive fathers
I didn’t inherit any violence from my dad’s abuse but I’ve noticed that I inherited his temper. Sometimes it feels like I can get violent. Little problems will set my temper off at home and I will take it out on my brother by screaming and yelling and almost hitting him. One time I actually did. I got so scared because it was like I...