Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/19
By: Phoenix Hsu and Ko Lin
Taipei, Nov. 19 (CNA) As many as 78.4 percent of Taiwanese children said they had
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witnessed their parents have emotional outbursts, according to a survey by the Child Welfare League Foundation.
The Taipei-based non-profit organization published the results of the survey on Sunday showing that of those 78.4 percent, roughly 33 percent revealed that witnessing such outbursts led to them being hit or verbally abused.
Furthermore, 39.4 percent of children polled said their parents got angry over small matters, or for no reason.
Foundation Executive Director Chen Li-ju (陳麗如) said the main stressors for parent’s emotional outbursts are children misbehaving, work related stress and/or spousal argument.
In addition, children can be easily hurt, or abused, by these uncontrollable outbursts, Chen said. [FULL STORY]
