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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 734516" data-attributes="member: 15801"><p>I agree with a lot of what leafy says but not everything. I come at this from a different angle. I worked for a dv agency for years and was a community advocate someone who worked with women in the community still in the relationship but looking for help. I worked with many many women over the years. I worked with women who had been in violent abusive relationships. Women who went back over and over again but with support finally did leave for good. So absolutely call a local dv agency. Find out if they have support groups for women because they can make a huge difference. Find out if they have community advocates that could meet and work with your daughter before she leaves. Dv shelters are a good option but there are not enough beds for the people who need them. You dont want to push your daughter to leave before she is ready because the most dangerous time is when she leaves. Better for her to make a well thought out plan and to be sure thats what she wants to do. One of the things that is difficult is someone in an abusive realtionship is with someone who tries to control everything. Part of what they need is to figure out what they want and how to make thier own decisions... it can be easy as a parent to also try and tell them what to do. Part of the healing is finding thier own mind. This is really really hard to watch. I am thinking of you and your daughter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 734516, member: 15801"] I agree with a lot of what leafy says but not everything. I come at this from a different angle. I worked for a dv agency for years and was a community advocate someone who worked with women in the community still in the relationship but looking for help. I worked with many many women over the years. I worked with women who had been in violent abusive relationships. Women who went back over and over again but with support finally did leave for good. So absolutely call a local dv agency. Find out if they have support groups for women because they can make a huge difference. Find out if they have community advocates that could meet and work with your daughter before she leaves. Dv shelters are a good option but there are not enough beds for the people who need them. You dont want to push your daughter to leave before she is ready because the most dangerous time is when she leaves. Better for her to make a well thought out plan and to be sure thats what she wants to do. One of the things that is difficult is someone in an abusive realtionship is with someone who tries to control everything. Part of what they need is to figure out what they want and how to make thier own decisions... it can be easy as a parent to also try and tell them what to do. Part of the healing is finding thier own mind. This is really really hard to watch. I am thinking of you and your daughter. [/QUOTE]
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