This thesis defines the problem of domestic violence, explains how was the phenomenon looked at through history and how is public opinion changed regarding attitude towards women and children. Children are being moved from the passive role in the incidence of domestic violence and are given the opportunity to participate in decision making process for the next step. The difference between domestic violence with child abuse and witnessing domestic violence is explained as well as how children look and feel about the violence that is happening in their home. From the earliest age, children are aware of what is happening in their surroundings and they think a lot about theirs relationship. They’re often put in the position to choose sides and defend one of their parents and play the spy role. Children whose parents are in a violent relationship have a disturbed relationship with each parent. The victim, most often mother, does not have the capacity to support her child and is not consistent in the role of the mother. The father, on the other side, is torn between violence and love. There are several behavioral consequences such as aggressive behavior, developmental regression and inadequate conflict resolution. Emotional problems can be linked with silence, anxiety, depression, lack of concentration and problems with sleeping and eating. In research of consequences of domestic violence there can be a lot of problems such as retraumatising, there’s no one to give consent and confidentiality is sometimes broken because of the information that got out. Each country has its own way of dealing with this problem and there’s, especially in schools, a lot of programs that in a small or a big way directed to factors related to domestic violence. A lot of those are either not evaluated at all or did not show significant positive outcomes.