Domestic violence and the education of the Nigeria pre - school child

Abstract

Empirical studies posit that children growing up in violent families are vulnerable to low cognition, and are likely to engage in youth violence. Domestic violence take a devastating toll on children and society at large. Early childhood victimization, either through direct abuse, neglect, or witnessing parental domestic violence, has been shown to have demonstrable long-term consequences for antisocial behaviour, youth violence, adult violence tendencies, and other forms of criminality. The purpose of the paper is to examine the effect of domestic violence on the pre - school child and the possible solution to ending the generating cycle of domestic violence since the impact of domestic violence continues through adolescence and adulthood.