Web Training Video Part 13:
Hitting as a Racial/Cultural Practice
Hitting children as a racial practice examines the historical aspects for this rationale as a form of child maltreatment. Included in the discussion is the impact of slavery on the parenting practices of African Americans, and how a vestige of oppression is still present as a cultural practice among Black Americans.
Web Training Video Part 14:
We Hit our Children out of Love
Love is a basic need of humans to give it and to receive it. Another age-old practice is the custom of hitting children out of a sense of love and caring. Part 14 discusses in detail the ramifications this out dated and destructive practice, with particular reference to domestic violence among adult partners.
Web Training Video Part 15:
Construct D - Reversing Parenting-Child Roles
Reversing Parent Child Roles is the 4th Construct in defining the practices of child abuse and neglect. In a family role reversal, parents expect children to take on adult responsibilities which include caring for younger siblings, house maintenance and cleaning, as well as, other family responsibilities.