Dr. Phil Talks about the Impacts on Children Growing Up in Violent Homes The groundbreaking “Dr. Phil” episode featuring Makers of Memories, which focused on the impact of childhood exposure to domestic violence, will re-air on Tuesday, March 20th. It originally aired...
Perpetrators Can Use Children to Protect Themselves When violence is occurring in the home and a child is present, things can quickly go from bad to worse. Perpetrators may use the child as a pawn to tip the power equation, direct their rage toward the child, or the...
I’m Lisa, a survivor with a future, because of my past.I’m not sure I’d be here had I lost the will to fight. Night after night, I was tested. I saw my mother abused in ways I still can’t believe; blood on the walls, scuffling in the kitchen. My skin still crawls when...
Domestic Violence Goes Unaddressed Domestic Violence is a complicated and uncomfortable issue, one not often spoken about in public. But it is an issue which affects all of us – if not directly, then indirectly. There has been a lot of domestic violence research, but...
