A parent’s worst nightmare is the anguish over knowing your child is in pain and/or in danger. How can parents help their adult children abused by intimate domestic partners? Read on to learn what to do and what not to do?

Often it is the person closest to the abused individual that becomes vocal about the existence of an abusive relationship. This may be mother, father, sister, brother or best friend. What becomes most difficult for these bystanders is helping their loved one acknowledge the abuse as they see it.

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