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Jack Gramenz

INSANE: Kids suffer long term trauma from violence - The Real Truth

Family violence survivor Tegan says the trauma 'cuts deep and has a way of bubbling back up'. (Nikki Short/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The trauma of domestic violence stays with children into adulthood, highlighting the need to stop treating them as mere witnesses to abuse, a children's charity says.

Children should be acknowledged as victims and survivors of domestic and family violence, rather than onlookers, a report by Barnardos Australia says.

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