| Battered mothers are not only physically abused | | | | If the concept of scholarship for the mother |
| but mentally abused as well. When such battery | | | | program is streamlined like this, many would want |
| even exists, either inflicted by a husband or her | | | | to go back to school. The number of battered |
| children, the same degree is applied. Her | | | | women in the country is staggering; report says 1 |
| experience is an already irreversible, and one way | | | | in every 5 is abused. Which means the number of |
| to alleviate this is to make her go back to school. | | | | unreported domestic violence inflicted to mothers |
| A scholarship for the mother program may be | | | | or women in general may be more than this. |
| used as a form of intervention to such a case. | | | | A woman with good education will value her life |
| In New England, there exists a scholarship for the | | | | more than when she has been little of it. |
| battered women program. Women who survived | | | | Domestically violated women are commonly those |
| domestic violence receive financial assistance if | | | | with little education, that's why they are |
| they are attending college or university studies. | | | | vulnerable to be abused. By making women, |
| This program is a good example of using | | | | mothers in particular get a good education; she will |
| education as a means to empower women. | | | | know how to protect herself from abuse. |
| Battered wives and mothers particularly needed | | | | Mothers, who are in an abusive household, may |
| this boast to get their lives back in shape. | | | | want to consider a visit to a nearby community |
| Come to think of it, the scholarship for the | | | | college or university. Let this move away to be |
| mother program does not only aim to make | | | | free from any verbal, mental or physical abuse |
| them be financially independent. But likewise, to | | | | she's been getting at home. A good dose of |
| also make her feel and think well about her | | | | knowledge, whether formal or practical will actually |
| herself. A good education gives confidence to | | | | help to think better of one's self. Who knows a |
| knowledge of a certain field of study, which is | | | | scholarship for the mother program may just be |
| quite a good moral boaster. | | | | waiting for her all the while? |