By Annie Geggis Leaving Childhood Domestic Violence Behind Can Save Lives This story from the Sun Sentinel of two girls living with their grandmother in Florida to escape their father's violence and their mother's harassment illustrates the suffering and displacement...

By Brian F. Martin Adverse Childhood Experiences can Twist the Meanings of Holidays Are you growing up in a home or did you grow up in a home where you faced adversities? Because if you experienced adversities like physical abuse, Childhood Domestic Violence,...

By Melissa Jeltsen Dave Navarro Shares His Harrowing Experiences with Domestic Violence as a Child Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro recently produced a documentary about domestic violence, revolving around the murder of his mother by her estranged boyfriend....

By Brian F. Martin Childhood Domestic Violence Teaches Us a Lie: Sadness is Inevitable and Deserved Many people who grew up with domestic violence in their childhood home become lost to depression or to a pervading SADNESS that prevents them from reaching their full...

By Matt Hamilton San Bernardino Shooter's Mother Applied Several Times for Divorce and Domestic Violence Protection Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two San Bernadino shooters, grew up with a violent father. His mother applied several times for divorce and domestic...

By Theresa Singleton Domestic Violence Hurts Everyone and Erodes Society Theresa Singleton, veteran of the YWCA, discusses how domestic violence erodes the fabric of our society. After working in the field for 25 years, she discusses the adverse effects DV has on...

By Stephanie March, Guest Blogger I Was Left with the Impossible Task of Being a Peacemaker Between My Parents When I was a kid, my parents went through an incredibly nasty divorce. So much anger and hostility was displayed between them that it left me scrambling to...

By Karen Pautz Witnessing Domestic Violence Creates a Long-Lasting Stress Response This article from the Siskiyou Daily News reviews research that traumatic experiences, like witnessing domestic violence, produce a long-lasting stress response. Babies, children, and...

By Grant Doepel INVINCIBLE and the Change a Life Program The Blaze covers INVINCIBLE and the Change a Life program. More than half of the children who are currently experiencing childhood domestic violence are being raised by adults who lived through the same...

Overcome the Fear from Trauma and Childhood Domestic Violence to Find Your Confidence We're all aware of the cliché that there’s nothing to fear but fear itself. Any person who experienced adversity in childhood, however, would beg to differ. We each discovered all...