Helping Domestic Violence’s Youngest Victims
By Amanda CudaA Connecticut state government task force convened to investigate the effects of domestic violence on children. Their findings are influencing new legislation tightening punishments in domestic violence cases where children are present. In this article...
Witnessing Domestic Violence can have Lasting Effects
By Raetha StoddardRaetha Stoddard for the Conway Daily Sun discusses toxic stress, CDV, and provides a basic explanation of the phenomenology of PTSD. Repeated and extreme stress in early development primes the brain to overreact later in life, when even normal...
Campbell’s Story
By C. CampbellOne year ago December I packed my three boys in my car and drove cross country from California to Florida not knowing were I was going or how I would get there. Just knowing were I was headed was going to be better than my present position. 3 months...
For sisters, a Christmas without fear is the best gift of all
By Annie GeggisThis story from the Sun Sentinel of two girls living with their grandmother in Florida to escape their father's violence and their mothers harassment illustrates the suffering and displacement experienced by children living in violent homes. Their...
Traditional Holidays After a Non-Traditional Childhood
By Brian F. MartinAre you growing up in a home or did you grow up in a home where you faced adversities? Because if you experienced adversities like physical abuse, Childhood Domestic Violence, emotional abuse, neglect, or any others, the holidays are often confusing...
Muyesser’s Story
By MuyesserHi , my name is Muyesser, a child, teen, woman never survived.There was blood on the walls, and broken furniture, three of us in different corners of the room terrified, frozen, mom could not fight back, we never screamed or asked for help because there...
Dave Navarro Opens Up About His Mother’s Murder In New Documentary
By Melissa JeltsenJane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro recently produced a documentary about domestic violence, revolving around the murder of his mother by her estranged boyfriend. Domestic violence murders are shockingly common, and deeply affect the friends and...
3 Tips to Overcome the LIE of SADNESS You Learned from CDV
By Brian F. Martin Many people who grew up with domestic violence in their childhood home become lost to depression or to a pervading SADNESS that prevents them from reaching their full potential in adulthood. That sadness is a very real and natural reaction to the...
San Bernardino shooting suspect endured turbulent home life, according to court documents
By Matt HamiltonSyed Rizwan Farook, one of the two San Bernadino shooters, grew up with a violent father. His mother applied several times for divorce and domestic violence protection, in these applications she described the physical and emotional abuse directed at...
Symone’s Story
“Sharing my story in INVINCIBLE was the beginning of a new journey into myself. I know through being vulnerable and opening up to you, that we both are healed.”As a child, I believed many of the LIES children of domestic violence learn, like feeling Worthless,...