by CDVA Team | Jun 24, 2024 | CDV In The News
“It was very unpredictable, we didn’t know what to expect…I believe my mom stayed because she wanted to make it work.” – Chelsea Waldroup“When my parents would fight, to me that was normal because I didn’t know what a normal parent was at the time.” – Emily...
by CDVA Team | Mar 31, 2019 | Blog
I was talking with a woman I met on a flight last year and my work in the space of Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV) came up. She told me, “That’s a great cause. Child abuse is a big problem, and those children need more people to help them.” I explained that, yes,...
by CDVA Team | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog
By Cris Chocolat, Guest Blogger, Entrepreneur, Artist, and Advocate Sometimes We Feel Like Giving Up We all go through moments in our lives when we feel like giving up. It is in those moments when a recurring memory comes to me: a vision of my mother sewing my...
by CDVA Team | Jun 2, 2016 | Blog
By Marcus Laster, Guest Blogger I Tried to Wish Away the Present “I’m going to escape.” “I’m going to be somebody.” I whispered these words as a boy while clutching my ears and squeezing my eyes shut in an attempt to drown out the noise and wish away the present. In...
by CDVA Team | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog
By Brian F. Martin You Can Heal and Thrive in Your Life No Matter What It Was Like The guilt and shame we carry after experiencing adversities in childhood can have numerous layers. To help you begin to unravel those layers, I’d like to share with you the...
