by CDVA Team | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog
In 2014, my story was featured in the UNLOVED to LOVING Chapter (Chapter 11) of the Bestseller INVINCIBLE. Since then, my life has changed a lot and continues to change – most importantly as relates to my journey to unlearn the “UNLOVED” LIE and replacing...
by CDVA Team | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog
‘My mom was on the ground. I remember being terrified and I didn’t know what to do,’ she said.” Lucy (21) and her brother Mark (23) grew up with CDV and are now facing many of the negative effects that we know all too well. Lucy says she has...
by CDVA Team | Nov 27, 2017 | Blog
“Everybody knew. But nobody said a thing.” Screenwriter Katherine Fugate writes about the violence she experienced in her home growing up from her stepfather. Once he entered their home, he quickly began to abuse Katherine’s mother, leaving lifelong...
by CDVA Team | Nov 23, 2017 | Blog
If you were raised in a home with domestic violence, the holidays can be a difficult time that brings back not-so-warm memories of your childhood. Whereas Thanksgiving reunites others with family and fosters happy strolls down memory lane with loved ones over hearty...
by CDVA Team | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog
“Nearly 20% of women who took their own lives were known to police because they were exposed to domestic violence as children” We know the dire statistic that those who experience Childhood Domestic Violence are 6x more likely to commit suicide than the...
by CDVA Team | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog
For children experiencing Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV), the impact is not minimal or temporary. They are not merely passive witnesses but true casualties of these incidents, which can profoundly effect their physical health, mental health, behavior, and/or...
