Violent Mother and Abuse towards Children: A Qualitative Approach

Blanca Leonor Aranda Boyzo, Francisco Jesus Ochoa Bautista, Emiliano Lezama Lezama 
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, FES Iztacala)

Abstract: Child abuse is considered any act by action or omission that harms or children. The child who is a victim of child abuse doesn’t defend themselves from attacks by adults, which places them in a vulnerable position in an aggressive or careless adult. Children who suffer abuse have multiple problems in their physical, emotional, cognitive and socio-affective development. So most of the research on this problem have focused on the child as main recipient of abuse.
  However in the present investigation tour around the figure of the mother, with initial premise would happening subjectively in a mother when he mistreats actively or passively to their children?
  Among the obtained results were detected features in common between mothers and that they had been victims of child abuse during his childhood, had lacked affection by parents, as well as lack of attention, suffered beatings and disqualifications. Hence the difficulties of these mothers to provide their children a climate of trust, respect and love, because from his universe is subjective is how you must set interaction with their children.

Key words: violent mothers, subjectivity, abused child