Polygamy causes children to grow up faster than necessary, experiencing similar experiences to adults. Getting married at fourteen and marrying a man who ages much older. Escaping a polygamous community is clearly a difficult task, as much as this idea seems emphasized and desired, women are too afraid. Trying to escape means risking being discovered and taken away by your children. They are deprived of their money and therefore, if they manage to escape, they are already homeless. Competing for a husband's attention and respect describes a conflict that many wives face. Wives' social status decreases when their husbands no longer desire affection. Children are victims of both physical and sexual abuse by their father or other family members. Family members might also include stepfamily members. The abuse these children suffer often causes them anxiety