Violence Across the Lifespan: A Story About How Childhood Domestic Violence Turns Into Adult Hardship
When a child hears their parents arguing, feels the hostility, and fears what may come next, getting that child back into a child's place (a place of safety, love, and protection and nurturing) requires a lot more than just the lowering of one's voice and using kid-friendly language. Imagine it: you're small, near helpless, the two people you love and need more than anything else in this world are bickering at one another, saying things that you may not quite understand, but you can tell by the looks on their faces that their words are wounding them. These two people that you love so much are attacking one another and quadrupling your injuries. Your heart races. Your breathing becomes erratic. The tears come. The confusion overwhelms you. You're in a state of serious distress. In your short little life, this scene plays itself out again and again. To the point that you try to even protect one of the parents. But then you are torn between the two when their fig