1. The impact of domestic abuse on children What children and young people tell us........
Mullender et. al. (2002)

2. I have to sleep watching two doors and with my back against the wall (12 year old girl)

3. It has affected me a lot. It gets me all muddled and weird
It has affected me a lot. It gets me all muddled and weird... I think it has frozen me up a bit inside (8 year old boy)

4. It was behind closed doors but I used to know and I would see the bruises that she had (8 year old boy)

5. I wasn’t really sure what was happening at the time
I wasn’t really sure what was happening at the time. I didn’t really understand what was going on... I understand more now (13 year old boy)

6. When my dad started all of this, right, I would get really angry and start shouting at him, telling him off (13 year old girl)

7. We had to leave everything – leave all my stuff
We had to leave everything – leave all my stuff. We just had the clothes we stood up in (12 year old girl)

8. I used to hear them sometimes (8 year old boy)

9. What helped? Just being with my sister – the fact that I could talk to her about anything (12 year old boy)

10. I feel I am part of the community now
I feel I am part of the community now. Before I was locked away (16 year old girl)

11. I had to stand by my mum because she was not in the wrong
I had to stand by my mum because she was not in the wrong. That pulled us through and has made us stronger and better (14 year old boy)

12. Now, I feel safer, freer (10 year old girl)

13. It helped just being friends with people at school, because I told one person, that was my friend in class... We’d just talk about it (12 year old girl)

14. It’s better to have someone to talk to, not keep it all bottled up
It’s better to have someone to talk to, not keep it all bottled up. Refuges are good.... It is good for young people to get away from the situation and have their own lives (15 year old girl)

15. You need to have someone to talk to you can trust – someone to help you understand how you are feeling... Help you cope with the changes (10 year old girl)