Family Fights
Parents fighting
For lots of kids, the scariest, most upsetting kind of fighting in a family is when parents or caregivers fight. Sometimes parents fight about big things and sometimes they fight about little things that hardly seem important at all.
It can be scary for kids when parents or caregivers fight using loud voices and angry words. It can also be upsetting for kids when parents use silence as a way of fighting, like when they won't talk to each other.
When parents fight, kids can feel all sorts of things, such as:
- unsafe
- scared
- worried that they have to choose sides
- worried that their parents don't love each other anymore
- worried that someone will get hurt
- worried that their parent will get angry with them too
Are there other feelings that you have when your parents or caregivers fight that aren't on this list?