Episode 7: Mothering, post separation abuse, and the legal system
How men’s abuse profoundly impacts mothering and how that abuse so often continues after separation through the legal system.
mothering
New study reports one-third of mothers experience violence from spouses
A new study out of the UK followed over 1,000 mothers for 10 years. Among the findings: More than one-third reported suffering violence from their spouses. Those who suffered abuse were twice as likely to develop depression as women who were not experiencing abuse. The study cited is: “Intimate partner violence and new-onset depression” by…
“Co-parenting” with an abusive ex
If you have separated from your partner, you are probably still sabotaged in your attempts to mother your children. Sometimes, painfully, women lose custody of their children to their abusive ex-partners. Some abusive men work hard – post separation – to alienate the children from their mom. These are some of the hardest and most…
