by CDVA Team | Mar 14, 2014 | Blog
“Resentment is the poison you drink hoping to hurt your enemy.” –Nelson Mandela The Pain of Our Parents Fighting in Childhood Can Follow Us into Adulthood Holding on to the injustice done to you as a child can cause you even more pain today, as resentment...
by CDVA Team | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog
The answer is absolutely! Growing Up in a Violent Home Skews Your Sense of a Healthy Relationship Growing up in a home with domestic violence, one’s perception of a healthy, functional relationship becomes incredibly skewed. Instead of seeing adults who are...
by CDVA Team | Feb 25, 2014 | Blog
Experiencing Domestic Violence in Childhood is All Too Common, but Is Still the Unknown ACE 5 million children in the US alone grow up living in homes with violence every year. 5 million children all have something in common that defines their lives for years to come...
by CDVA Team | Dec 5, 2013 | Blog
Contributed by Ann Cuthbert Livingston Parents Have a Part to Play in Ending Childhood Domestic Violence I write these words to you…my fellow parents. I write them, not as a professional or someone with a degree, but as a mom of 5 children who were a part of this...
by CDVA Team | Oct 17, 2013 | Blog
By guest blogger Caroline Abbott Growing Up in a Violent Home Affects the Development of Your Brain I came upon some articles recently that describe the neurobiological effects of experiencing violence in childhood. According to one article, when a child experiences...
