A groundbreaking episode of “Dr. Phil” will air Monday, January 16th on CBS affiliates nationwide, focusing on the impact of childhood exposure to domestic violence. This episode, with an audience of three to four million viewers, will mark the first time that a significant national television program has dedicated an hour of programming to what UNICEF calls “one of the most damaging, unaddressed human rights violations in the world today.”
This is a noteworthy development because there are five million children in the U.S. who were exposed to domestic violence in 2011. Nearly two out of three of those children will go on to repeat the cycle of violence as adults. There are also 40 million Americans who have been exposed to domestic violence in their lives and are still living with the effects. Addressing the children who are exposed to domestic violence and the adults who used to be those children is critical to ending the cycle of violence
Importantly, I wanted to take a moment to let you know that we need your support to help to bring about positive change in the lives of millions of children.
We would very much appreciate your support in our efforts to end domestic violence. If you would like to join us, here is what you can do:
- Visit: www.makersofmemories.org to learn more about Makers of Memories and to learn about resources to help if you or someone you know is in need.
- Watch the January 16th airing of the Dr. Phil Show and email and Facebook the producers to tell them how important this topic is to you
- Visit our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/#!/makersofmemories and “like” us to show your support for these children.
Thank you so much.
Bill Livermore
Executive Director
Makers of Memories
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I found your site as I searched for statistics on domestic violence and its effects on children. I am trying to post one statistic or comment per day on my FB page to bring awareness to this issue. I am 39 years old and great up in a home of secret violence. Most people in my life were unaware of what went on behind the doors of our home. I have tried for many years to pin point the exact time in my life when I realized that this type of behavior was not acceptable. I am not sure when that happened. However, I am certain that the events of my childhood made me the person I am today. I determined long ago that my life would not repeat the negative statistics of growing up in such an environment. However, I would use the experience to live a life completely opposite of what I witnessed. In my home there were two daughters, then a son born to my parents. Our brother is seven years younger than me. I watched him, in fear, at times that he would turn out to be the same person that our father was. I am constantly amazed at the person he is and became. As a male child witnessing a father abuse a mother, the cards were stacked against him. I truly believe that only by the ‘normal’, very healthy relationship of my maternal grandparents did any of the three of us make it out of our past to be fully functioning, successful adults. Many times I have wanted to help others in the situation that I grew up in. To let them know that they are not defined by what they witness as children. They are defined by who they become on their own, knowing that they have real purpose and meaning. Knowing that they have the ability to change the outcome of what statistics would dictate the end of their story to be. I am glad I happened upon your blog and website in my search for statistics and other information to share with others about this very real epidemic in our world. I have always wanted to think this is a problem of my parents’ generation, but sadly I have friends – of my generation – who have experienced the same things.
Congratulations on this monumental step, Makers of Memories. …keep going! The world needs what you’re doing.
Thank you for helping to take on domestic violence. This post was the lead story in today’s edition of the Safe Harbor Times, a daily online newspaper dedicated to helping combat domestic violence.
Sorry, for delay in replying. Thank you for the heads up on Safe Harbor, it is a wonderful publication.
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I am one of those children. Although I’m 50+, I am still scarred by the images of seeing my parents in hand to hand combat.
This is long overdue information about the effects Domestic Violence has on our children. After being an investigator on D/V cases and presenting on such, muchmore has to be done to bring this most horendous issue to public attention.