by CDVA Team | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog
By Stephanie March, Guest BloggerWhen 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...
by CDVA Team | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog
By Karen PautzThis 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...
by CDVA Team | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog
By Grant DoepelThe 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...
by CDVA Team | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
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 too well the many things there are to fear. But fear can also be seen as a...
by CDVA Team | Sep 11, 2015 | Story
“My turbulent childhood taught me to survive, to overcome, and that’s how I found my voice. Anyone who grew up with domestic violence and didn’t have a voice as a child deserves to have one now.” From the time I was born, through college, and into my adult life, I’ve...
by CDVA Team | Sep 11, 2015 | Story
>“I’ve realized I don’t need anyone to open doors for me. I’ve opened them all by myself. And the hardships I faced…have fueled me and given me strength to get through obstacles many people might find impossible.”The police knew us on a first-name basis. The summer of...
by CDVA Team | Aug 31, 2015 | Story
“Our childhood taught us LIES…But…we are strong and we can overcome this past. Those negative thoughts and feelings are not in charge of our lives – we are.”As the only child, I felt the burden of responsibility early on in life. I was four years old the first time I...
by CDVA Team | Aug 31, 2015 | Story
“I am a former child of domestic violence. I will take what I have learned as a child of domestic violence…and continue to help other children of domestic violence. I will be their voice.”“I knew about him beating her, but I never knew how it would affect you kids.”A...
by CDVA Team | Aug 16, 2015 | Blog
By Kelly WallaceCNN’s Kelly Wallace discusses the impact domestic violence has on children in the wake of the Ray Rice case. 90% of children in a domestically violent home report knowing about the violence. Exposure to domestic violence is associated with...
by CDVA Team | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog
By Brian F. MartinYou are not innately a resentful person, but the LIE of RESENTMENT you learned growing up in a home with CDV can imprison you in the past, fueling some of the other 9 lies, like ANGER, SADNESS, and HOPELESSNESS. It destroys peace of mind and keeps...
