How Caring Adults Can Help Buffer Childhood Toxic Stress
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...
The Most Helpless Victims of Domestic Violence are so Often Invisible
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...
CDV Compromises 4 Fundamental Needs of Children: a Recipe for Negative Consequences in Adulthood
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 guide...
This April, Let’s Talk About the Critical Link Between Child Abuse & CDV…and the Program That Can Curb Both!
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,...
ABC Station Cites Childhood Domestic Violence Association, Spotlighting Dire Impact of Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV)
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...
Lightweight boxer Kye Mackenzie defies the assumption that growing up with CDV is the reason you “can’t” in life
"It still lives with me today and I didn't even realize," Kye Mackenzie, to SBS News. Kye Mackenzie is 26 years old and currently ranked #3 in the lightweight WBO (World Boxing Organization) division. Recent success in his boxing career has opened his eyes to his past...
IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE WHO GREW UP WITH CDV, GIVE THE GIFT THAT REALLY COUNTS THIS HOLIDAY!
If You Love Someone Who Grew Up With CDV Give The Gift That Really Counts This Holiday! From the time spent with family, to decorating the house and tree, singing carols, and giving gifts to the ones you love, the holiday season is truly a wonderful time of the year....
Let’s Give Thanks for the Hidden Gifts Acquired from the Childhood Domestic Violence We Faced and Reinvent Thanksgiving!
Let’s Give Thanks for the Hidden Gifts Acquired from the Childhood Domestic Violence We Faced and Reinvent Thanksgiving! Turkey, stuffing, the Thanksgiving Parade, spending quality time with family, and giving thanks for one’s blessings. These are just some...
The Irony of Halloween & Identity for Those Who Grew Up with Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV)
The Irony of Halloween & Identity for Those Who Grew Up with Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV) Every October, people take the identity of their favorite superheroes, villains, or animated characters. Whether it's donning a Batman costume, firefighter, pumpkin,...
This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Let’s Add an Essential Missing Piece to the Dialogue – It’s SINGLE BEST PREDICTOR, Childhood Domestic Violence
This Domestic Violence Awareness Month Let’s Add an Essential Missing Piece to the Dialogue It’s SINGLE BEST PREDICTOR,Childhood Domestic Violence — As Domestic Violence Awareness Month kicks off today, there is still very little awareness of what UNICEF calls “the...