Domestic and family violence and parenting: Mixed method insights into impact and support needs : State of knowledge paper

Parenting can be a challenging task under any circumstances, but especially so in an environment of abuse and control. This paper has identified that research on parenting in the context of domestic and family violence (DFV) is limited. In particular this paper is concerned with the impact of DFV on parenting, and pays particular attention to the tactics a perpetrator may use to disrupt the mother-child relationship and what helps to strengthen or heal this relationship.