Christina Aguilera Talks Domestic Violence: ‘You Are Not Alone’
By Chinta Puxley Anyone Can Be Affected by Childhood Domestic Violence Childhood Domestic Violence is an issue that can affect anyone, regardless of wealth of celebrity status. Christina Aguilera is an example of this- she has felt the powerlessness that domestic...
Helping Domestic Violence’s Youngest Victims
By Amanda Cuda Connecticut State Government Pursues Legislation Increasing Punishments for Those Who Perpetrate Domestic Violence In Front of Children A Connecticut state government task force convened to investigate the effects of domestic violence on children. Their...
Witnessing Domestic Violence can have Lasting Effects
By Raetha Stoddard The Effects of Toxic Stress, CDV, and PTSD Raetha 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...
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 Geggis Leaving Childhood Domestic Violence Behind Can Save Lives This story from the Sun Sentinel of two girls living with their grandmother in Florida to escape their father's violence and their mother's harassment illustrates the suffering and displacement...
Traditional Holidays After a Non-Traditional Childhood
By Brian F. Martin Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Twist the Meanings of Holidays Are 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,...
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 Jeltsen Dave Navarro Shares His Harrowing Experiences with Domestic Violence as a Child Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro recently produced a documentary about domestic violence, revolving around the murder of his mother by her estranged boyfriend....
3 Tips to Overcome the Lie of Sadness You Learned from CDV
By Brian F. Martin Childhood Domestic Violence Teaches Us a Lie: Sadness is Inevitable and Deserved 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...
San Bernardino shooting suspect endured turbulent home life, according to court documents
By Matt Hamilton San Bernardino Shooter's Mother Applied Several Times for Divorce and Domestic Violence Protection Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the two San Bernadino shooters, grew up with a violent father. His mother applied several times for divorce and domestic...