Language Matters—What We’ve Learned during the First Year of Talking about CPVA

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Written by Lauri Cabral, Chair of the Child to Parent Violence and Aggression Working Group at Adopt4Life

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One year ago, Adopt4Life set out to open a conversation with parents, families, and the professionals engaged with them, to explore a topic that was being referenced as “child to parent violence and aggression”. We had sensed for some time that an increasing number of parents and caregivers in our Parent2Parent Support Network community were struggling with what appeared to be escalating incidents of harm and safety concerns in their homes. We had earlier become aware of credible, evidence-based research and findings internationally that spoke of these issues, and we felt it was important to bring forward.

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