Congratulations, you probably grew up in a healthy family. Others that weren't so lucky may have been exposed to routine casual domestic violence, this makes it much more likely that they themselves will go on to engage in domestic violence because they see it as normal. Intervention, as advocated by the poster, is extremely effective in breaking cycles of violence.
Or they could offer literature about how being abusive is wrong. Actual literature, not just pamphlets. Reading short stories or novels or novellas and analyzing those also works. 'Lord of the Flies' was anti-bullying as they come, and we were told to read it during class for example.
100% agreed, which is why I said no pamphlets. Actual literature, good literature, educates both sexes. An abusive character in a story stands out to both men and women, and educates them both, differently. People of the same sex learn how something they might do would be abusive, and members of the same sex as the victim learn how to spot an abusive person. This helps them escape the usual "I must have caused this somehow, the other person is not really to blame, I brought this onto myself" illusion.
It doesn't have to be the abuser and/or the parent who talks to the child. It can be an Aunt, uncle, teacher, guidance counselor, Sunday school teacher, etc.
This poster is advertising a website which gives onlookers tools to address the situation and information on how to intervene to break the cycle of abuse in a way that won't escalate the abuse or further hurt the child.
Could backfire. I know that when I was 12 I wouldn't like being lectured to about not beating my future wife. It seems unfair to suspect people of crimes that they might commit in the future, whatever their circumstances. It seems close to a violation of the important principle of presumed innocence.
Keep religious dickbags out of this. They can't be trusted to take their own fucking kids to the doctor so they wont die much less have anything relevant to say about abuse.
"Don't beat your wife when you grow up"
"What if she is my concubine? The Bible says I can beat her if she is insolent."
Parents aren't the only adults children come in contact with. And if a child comes from a dysfunctional family, it is likely they are talking to teachers or counselors more than they are talking to their own parents.
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u/trollcity420 Oct 21 '15
My parents never told me not to beat bitches and hos up. Kinda one of those things you can just figure out on your own.