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Family Violence Prevention Month: Help: Tip #8

While your instinct may be to blurt out, “What an _____!”, it is best to keep opinions and commentary to yourself when you are talking with a person who is a victim of domestic violence.

Focus on the behaviour, and not the perpetrator. “It is not normal, and it’s not right, that you are being hurt in your own home. I am sorry that you have had to live through this, and I am thankful that you are talking to me about it.”

November is Family Violence Prevention Month, and we will be sharing tips for how you can support your friends and loved ones here all month long.

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