Loneliness.
Does not want to leave their children.
Has no place to go.
Lack of financial resources and employment skills.
Hopes their partner will change.
Does not know where, or how to seek help.
Fears reprisals from their partner. Is afraid of what the
partner will do to them and their children if they try to
leave.
Afraid to live without their partner.
Believes children need a father and a mother.
Believes they have to keep the family together at all costs,
despite the pain and danger.
Loves their partner.
Knows it is difficult for a parent with school-age children
to find work.
It is shameful for them to admit they don't have good
a marriage.
