Then there are families who struggle to balance work and household duties, leading to increased strain at household especially when economic pressure or individual mental health difficulties are thrown into the mix.
Dr Vivien Yang, main psychologist at Bloom Child Psychology, said lower-income people in special have trouble finding this compromise.
“ When there are space considerations and financial considerations, stress levels may be higher and sadness and anger management becomes a problem. ”
Researchers also pointed to substance abuse as a possible contributing factor to baby abuse.
“Some ingredients, like drinking and stimulants, seem to specifically compound violence. I’ve seen families who, after having, go from angry to violent in a matter of minutes, ” said top vices therapist Tom Maniatis from Promises Healthcare.
“Stimulants, particularly when used greatly, can cause anxiety or sudden surges of aggression. ”
When under the influence, recognition of a child’s problem may also be clouded and the family may not be able to record the intensity of their activities, experts said.
They also does not consider the mistreatment they caused.
“So intoxication not only energy abuse, it likewise muddies a person’s ability to confront what they’ve done. Even when not actively large, someone with an addiction may use rejection as a coping system, ” Mr Maniatis said.
WHAT MAKES THEM KEEP GOING?
Psychologists and psychiatrists told CNA that abuse often begins with actual violence, and usually starts with linguistic and emotional mistreatment otherwise.
But this can eventually rise if parents may regulate their emotions or do not get help.
“A hit becomes a regular punishment. Neglect turns to neglect. The parent normalises each step because there are no checks, internally or externally, ” said Mr Maniatis.
Asked how kids are then able to continue physically abusing their children in the face of apparent accidents, Dr Chow said that by this level, they would have no emotional capacity to make any kind of rational decisions.
“It’s like a vehicles going at 300 kmh and you just can’t quit it. It’s past the threshold, ” she said.
“ In that time… it ’s difficult for the person to walk ahead, especially if they don’t had good tools to prevent this.
” They may think ‘I’m the employer. I can do whatever I want and I have no laws because this is my baby’. “