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.” Everyone Experiences CDV and its Impacts Differently Lucy (21) and her brother Mark (23) grew up with CDV and are now facing many of the negative effects...
by CDVA Team | Nov 27, 2017 | Blog
“Everybody knew. But nobody said a thing.” The Silence is Everywhere 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...
by CDVA Team | Nov 23, 2017 | Blog
Growing Up With CDV Can Make the Holidays Difficult 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...
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.” Childhood Domestic Violence is Real and Its Impacts are Dire We know the dire statistic that those who experience Childhood...
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...
by CDVA Team | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog
The way we are going to truly break the cycle is by identifying the root cause. – Dr. Linda Olson, Founder & Chairwoman, Georgia Chapter, Childhood Domestic Violence Association Our Georgia Chapter Chairwoman Dr. Linda Olson has a unique understanding of...
by CDVA Team | Oct 1, 2017 | Blog
Growing up with domestic violence (Childhood Domestic Violence or CDV) is the SINGLE BEST PREDICTOR 100 organizations nationwide to partner with CDVA in national distribution campaign to build critical awareness of CDV, deliver groundbreaking solutions directly to...
by CDVA Team | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog
A friend recently said to me: ‘You’re like a prey animal, ears pricked up, looking for danger.’ Growing Up with Domestic Violence has Many Consequences Like many children of domestic violence Louisa Adjoa Parker has heightened stress-activation, which we...
by CDVA Team | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog
We still see anger from him, but it is nowhere near as destructive and much less intense. He is learning to control that. Growing Up With CDV Often Leads to Anger ‘Jack’ – a twelve year old child of domestic violence – had begun to express...
by CDVA Team | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog
“Your mind processes so differently when you can see yourself in that child or that mother…” – Gayan Pert. Gayan Pert, ED of Bethany house, grew up with CDV in her childhood home in Jamaica. She now operates a shelter for families much like her own....
