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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 experienced by children living in violent homes. Their grandmother, their primary caretaker, takes them to group therapy sessions,...

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, emotional abuse, neglect, or any others, the holidays are often confusing and uncomfortable. Which is maddening because aren’t they...

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. Domestic violence murders are shockingly common, and deeply affect the friends and family of the victims. Navarro said that the...

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 potential in adulthood. That sadness is a very real and natural reaction to the losses they suffered in childhood: the loss of...

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 violence protection, in these applications she described the physical and emotional abuse directed at her and her children. Perhaps...

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 children, who's trauma prevents them from performing the way they otherwise would, on women, who suffer abuse and are murdered by...

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 be the peacemaker. I quickly learned that this was an impossible task and nothing I did would calm the animosity each parent had...

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 youth who witness domestic violence are chronically stressed. The chaos in the home creates a roller coaster of emotional...

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 experiences as children. It is a vicious cycle that is spanning generations. Read more about it HERE.  Source: The Blaze

What Is Fear from Childhood Trauma? We're all aware of the cliché that there’s nothing to fear but fear itself. However, any person who has experienced adversity in childhood would beg to differ. We each discovered all too well the many things there are to fear. We carry fear from things that happened long ago, even in situations that are inappropriate for that fear. However, fear can also be...