Witnessing abuse can lead a child to develop dangerous ideas about violence, including the belief that violence is an acceptable response and that there must be an aggressor and a victim in every relationship. To help model positive and respectful interactions, Interval House adds its first male counsellor to the Children’s Program in 1987.
An article in Toronto Star reviews Ontario Secretary for Justice Gord Walker’s plan to spend an additional $4 million a year on initiatives to tackle ‘wife-battering.’ The plan includes funding emergency shelters and longer-term transition houses; on research and community education projects; and on a major provincial conference that will bring together front-line professionals with government policymakers.
Ontario wife-battering ‘initiatives’ need tuning
Hurst, Lynda. Ontario wife-battering initiatives need tuning. Toronto Star, pg B1. November 8, 1983.
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