by CDVA Team | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog
A friend recently said to me: ‘You’re like a prey animal, ears pricked up, looking for danger.’ Growing Up with Domestic Violence has Many Consequences Like many children of domestic violence Louisa Adjoa Parker has heightened stress-activation, which we...
by CDVA Team | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog
We still see anger from him, but it is nowhere near as destructive and much less intense. He is learning to control that. Growing Up With CDV Often Leads to Anger ‘Jack’ – a twelve year old child of domestic violence – had begun to express...
by CDVA Team | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog
“Your mind processes so differently when you can see yourself in that child or that mother…” – Gayan Pert. Gayan Pert, ED of Bethany house, grew up with CDV in her childhood home in Jamaica. She now operates a shelter for families much like her own....
by CDVA Team | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog
I think what…affected me for my adult life that happened in my childhood was more the everyday When actress Charlize Theron was 15, her mother shot and killed her abusive alcoholic father. But what affected her most was living daily under the strain of both these...
by CDVA Team | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog
The ACE Study found that the higher someone’s ACE score – the more types of childhood adversity a person experienced, the higher their risk of chronic disease, mental illness, violence, being a victim of violence and a bunch of other consequences. ACEs are Correlated...
