Present Economy Causing Domestic Violence

[dollardaze]

As more families struggle with the burdens of debt and job loss in this economy, there has been an upsurge in calls to domestic violence hotlines, according to experts on this matter.

Calls made to the National Domestic Violence Hotline went up 18% from October 2007 to October this year.

A spokesperson for the hotline, Retha Fielding, says that hotline employees believe the present economy is the cause for the increase in the calls.

"It is bringing increased stress and violence into the home," Fielding said. "Domestic violence is about control. If you lose your job, that's control you don't have, so you may want to have more control at home."

One of the major problems, it seems is that couples are not able to talk with each other about their spending, and the way that they are presently living, and this increases the tension in the family.

[moneysense]

That is so sad to hear, but not at all unusual. Money seems to be the biggest issue that people fight over.

At our house, we pay the bills as soon as they come in, put gas in both cars, and get groceries and put as much as is left over away that we can. Then we do have our little extras that we each like to do and we are sure to use some of our money for extra activities to keep us from becoming completely depressed about the state of todays economy.

Fighting over money isnt going to make any more of it come their way so the best thing to do is do the best you can with what you have and realize that this isnt anyones fault. Its just the way things go and it is out of anyones control.