On Monday I wrote about how women who leave domestic violent relationships incur higher medical costs for the three years after the abuse has ended. 

News flash!  Children whose mothers are subject to Intimate Partner Violence (Domestic Violence) incur higher health care costs than children whose mothers have no history of abuse according to Science Daily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071214183440.htm).  This should not come as a surprise.

The children who are exposed to violence against their mothers tend to have more mental health problems. And since they live in abusive households they are at an increased risk of being abused, they have school problems; they have poor health and are at risk of becoming abusers themselves. Not a pretty scenario.

In fact the overall cost of health care is 11 percent higher than for children whose mothers are not abused.

Domestic violence hurts us all and we all share the burden of the increased cost of medical care!