Preventing domestic violence must begin with the children
Preventing Domestic Violence Starts with Protecting Children Founder Brian F. Martin wrote an article for The Hill with Rep. John Conyers Jr. about Childhood Domestic Violence and its effect on American society. Shockingly, 90 percent of prison inmates report that...
Children of domestic violence: Daddy Shooted Mommy
Why Children Who Witness Domestic Violence Need Faster Access to Support In a heartbreaking 2014 article by Melissa Collins, *The Connecticut Mirror* highlighted the hidden victims of domestic violence: the children who witness abuse firsthand. These children often...
3 Common LIES Adults Believe When They Experienced CDV-Childhood Domestic Violence
Did You Or Someone You Care About Grow Up Living With Domestic Violence? If you did, you experienced childhood domestic violence, or CDV. You may also know someone who did. By definition, from a childhood standpoint, domestic violence is violence between parents or...
I Experienced Childhood Domestic Violence, CDV and Went From Feeling Guilty to Free
Childhood Domestic Violence Teaches Us the Lie of Guilt Children think emotionally, not rationally. When you were exposed to domestic violence as a child, your brain drew the wrong conclusions: “I couldn’t stop it, but I should have.” “I was there, so it must have...
Caroline’s Story
“Healing from childhood domestic violence is difficult, but it isn’t impossible. Luke 1:37 says, “For nothing will be impossible with God” and I believe that’s true.”My name is Caroline Abbott, and I experienced emotional and verbal domestic violence as a child. I was...
CDV Profiles: Former Children, Future Champions
In the Spotlight – Caroline Abbott Community Advocate Author, blogger www.carolineabbott.com Caroline Abbott Found Success after Living through Childhood Domestic Violence Caroline Abbott is a former child of domestic violence who is now a self-published writer,...
Did you grow up living with domestic violence?
We Can Find Others Who Grew Up with Domestic Violence Anywhere Last week, I was hosting a dinner party at a restaurant. As we were getting settled at the table, I saw the server and stood up to introduce myself. My mother was a waitress for her entire life, and I...
Savior One Night, Target the Next – Growing Up With Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
Half of the Children who Grew Up in a Home with Domestic Violence Experienced Physical Child Abuse According to research, if you grow up living with domestic violence, there is a 50% chance you also experienced physical child abuse. Sometimes Nothing is Ever Enough...
Resiliency after Childhood Domestic Violence – Make It Count
Childhood Domestic Violence Doesn't Have to Define Our Lives Growing up with childhood domestic violence teaches us to believe a set of LIES about ourselves. These lies tell us we’re worthless, fearful, angry, alone, guilty, sad, hopeless, resentful, unattractive, and...
Unlearn the Resentment Lie Learned as a Child of Domestic Violence – Get Closer to Your True Potential!
"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 leads to...