Coercive control doesn’t exist only in intimate partner relationships it also perpetrated against children. Usually a coercive controller uses his children to harm the child’s mother. Weaponizing children in this way is extremely harmful to both the mother and the child. Although for many years it has been thought that children only “witnessed” domestic violence, it is becoming more and more clear that children are often abused directly by coercive controllers hell bent on punishing their partner or ex-partner.
This video “The Timekeeper” created by Roz Davidson is a chilling example of the coercive control of children to harm the mother. It gets right to the heart of the matter while showing how incredibly damaging this subtle form of terror can be.
