by CDVA Team | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog
What Is Toxic Stress from Childhood Adversity? Toxic stress happens when a child faces serious adversity without enough support to help them cope. This could include things like witnessing domestic violence, living with constant conflict, or dealing with emotional...
by CDVA Team | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog
For Children, Domestic Violence Lasts a Lifetime In many cases of Domestic Violence, children are more often than not overlooked as victims because they were not the direct target of the violence. But, according to decades of evidence, they’re equally impacted by...
by CDVA Team | May 16, 2019 | Blog
The most vulnerable point in any person’s life is their childhood. As a child, one is physically weaker and smaller than the adults around them as well as more vulnerable to outside influences – good and bad alike. For this reason, strong caring adults must help...
by CDVA Team | Mar 31, 2019 | Blog
I was talking with a woman I met on a flight last year and my work in the space of Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV) came up. She told me, “That’s a great cause. Child abuse is a big problem, and those children need more people to help them.” I explained that, yes,...
by CDVA Team | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog
Citing the Childhood Domestic Violence Association, an ABC station recently ran a segment outlining the profound impact that Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV) has on those who experience it. Why is it so important to talk about CDV? Because awareness itself is...
