“…Childhood domestic violence interferes significantly in the child's growth and development, producing non-adaptive behaviors, emotional deficit, and even serious mental disorders, such as impulsive attitudes, hyperactivity disorder, school learning problems, as well as conduct disorders and substance abuse in adolescence. 12 Therefore, it is important to recognize child maltreatment by health professionals, with emphasis on nurses, and that, based on this recognition, goals should be set in order to intervene in order to rescue this child from the violent context in which she lives, with health education measures and continuously, in the socialization of the actors involved and in stimulating the development of social policies to combat violence. 2 It can also be affirmed that, in face of the survey of this family's history, domestic violence was present in numerous times, since it is characterized as a violence that is usually exercised by one or more members who are part of the household, and may have a parental relationship or not, including parents, stepfathers, stepmothers, brothers, uncles, grandparents, close friends, and other relatives.…”