ABSTRACT
The second chapter covers the effects of child aggression and violence towards the victims (i.e., parents, and usually the mother), perpetrators themselves, and other family members who may witness the abuse. Both victims and perpetrators could receive physical injuries as the result of aggression directed towards parents. The victims could also be experiencing fear and avoidance, social isolation, feelings of anger, shame, guilt, hopelessness and depression, and, sometimes, they could be blaming themselves for being victimised by their own child. Having an aggressive child in the household may also impact other family members, especially the younger children (siblings), and sometimes the other children or the perpetrator could be removed from the home to ensure their safety. This chapter includes a brief discussion on how the perpetrators of aggression towards parents could victimise others who are not their family and could be involved in other serious crime as well.
