Bone Quote by Amy Klobuchar

Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone that you…

— Dianne Feinstein

“There is an intensified risk for a child living in a household experiencing domestic violence, because their basic childhood requirement is not being met,…

— Patricia Dsouza

Even child abuse specialists do not routinely screen for domestic violence. This shows how much more education we need to do, even among experts,…

— Jocelyn Brown

A lot of people think that domestic violence is if someone hits, kicks, [or] punches you.

— Robin McGraw

Children of domestic violence, of course, suffer terrible consequences.

— Letitia James

When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat.

— Marilu Henner

Nobody believes that domestic violence kills and nobody believes it is detrimental to children. This world has got to wake up. To me, if…

— Denise Scott Brown

“...after twenty-five years of treating trauma survivors, I have learned that getting hit is actually one of the more bearable ways a person can…

— Martha Stout

Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been…

— Dianne Feinstein

“Survivors are damaged to different degrees by their experiences. This does not depend on what happened physically. A Survivor who has been raped will…

— Carolyn Ainscough

“Studies of the Surgeon General’s office reveal that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of fifteen and…

— Rebecca Solnit

Domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships - in other words, in families - the last place we would want or expect…

— Leslie Morgan Steiner