Consequences of Stress on Children’s Development

When I look at the topics listed in the assignment I think back to the time where I worked as an Assistant Center Director, in a private preschool. I had a child in my class and her family had major violence issues. Often times she would come to school half dressed in the wintertime. She often had bruises and marks all over her body. The mother would come in the center with glasses coverings her eyes and turtlenecks covering her body. The director often met with the mother to see if the family had issues at home that needed to be resolved. The mother would often say that she was okay and she did need any help with the issues at home. On one occasion the child came to school and we needed to contact the DFACS due the fact that the child had so many bruised and marks on her body, she could hardly sit or lay on the bed. We contacted DFACS and the office contacted the family immediately. After that day we never heard from the family or the child again. I was told later that the family moved out of state.

When I researched the information on other countries, I found a many articles and information about the ways that countries deal with family violence. I feel that every country has its own way of handling things however in Nigeria, conflict between families is handled very different. I learned that violence in this country is very common and often times not reported. The types of abuse that I read about varied from verbal abuse, sexual abuse, forced marriages and even incest and female genital cutting. These issues not only affect the family however, it effects the children in the these families. I feel that more effort should be put into helping families in need of change and assistance with families in need of help.