By Kelly Wallace Kelly Wallace Knows the Impact that Children who Grow Up with Domestic Violence Face Every Day CNN’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...
By Brian F. Martin Childhood Domestic Violence Only Makes Us Think We are Resentful You are not an innately 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 nine lies, like...
“The TRUTHS in this book are life changing!” “Nothing hurts more than being disappointed and hurt by the people you thought would never hurt you.” – Unknown This phrase couldn’t be truer for me. As a child growing up with domestic...
By The Associated Press Connecticut State Government Task Force Investigates Effects of Domestic Violence on Children A Connecticut state government task force was convened to investigate the effects of domestic violence on children. This was motivated by several...
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Men and Women Express Anger Differently, but the Path Forward is the Same As we explore how ANGER has impacted the lives of millions of children and adults who grew up with adversity in childhood, we must also look at how to...
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Growing up with adversity in your childhood home, you’re keenly aware of the pain and sadness that it most likely brought you. Often, these negative feelings lead to resentment for others because you had a difficult life, and...
Childhood Domestic Violence is Linked to Lower Self-Esteem, Increased Anxiety, and Weaker Family Bonds A recent study conducted among teens and young adults indicated associations between exposure to parental/caregiver domestic violence and lower self-esteem,...
By Brian F. Martin Many Children Develop Feelings of Guilt as a Result of Witnessing Domestic Violence I will often share the stories of those who experienced adversity in childhood, where they were not the direct target of the abuse. I do this to illustrate that any...
By Kathleen Lees Link Found Between Childhood Trauma and Neurological Issues Like Migraines Childhood Domestic Violence is No Exception A recent study out of Canada found a surprisingly strong association between witnessing DV and developing migraines later in life....
By CDV Hope you’re having a wonderful summer! If you’ve been following us for a while, thank you for the continued support and dedication to those impacted by Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV). For those of you new to CDVA, the Childhood Domestic Violence Association...
