CRY OF PAIN

• NCJ Number: 50711
• Author(s): J ALLEN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 0 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: American Lutheran Church Women for Aid Assoc for Lutherans
• Sale Source: Mass Media; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 15 MINUTES, 16MM COLOR, 1977 RENTAL ALSO AVAILABLE

Annotation

THIS FILM PRESENTS DISCUSSIONS WITH ABUSIVE PARENTS, WHO REVEAL THEIR REASONS FOR ABUSING THEIR CHILDREN AND SUGGEST PROGRAMS WHICH MIGHT REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE.

Abstract

THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE ABUSIVE PARENTS SHOW THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THEIR PROBLEM, BUT MANY OF THEM CLAIM THAT THEY THEMSELVES WERE ABUSED, EITHER PHYSICALLY OR SEXUALLY, AS CHILDREN. THE PARENTS SUGGEST THE NEED FOR PROGRAMS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR CHILDREARING. HOTLINES, CRISIS CENTERS, DAY-CARE CENTERS, THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SELF-REPORTING, AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS WERE SUGGESTED AS APPROACHES WHICH MAY HELP REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE. SEVERAL PARENTS MENTIONED THE NEED FOR MORE CRISIS SHELTERS, WHERE THEY COULD LEAVE THIER CHILDREN TEMPORARILY, SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH PERSONAL CRISES WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE CHILD. ANOTHER POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHELTER HOMES, WHERE GROUP MOTHERS TEACH THE REAL MOTHERS HOW TO INTERACT WITH THEIR CHILDREN, AS WELL AS MONITOR THE CHILDREN AND SHOW THEM HOW TO RELATE TO SIBLINGS AND PARENTS. (BAC)