Breaking The Silence; Childrens Stories

Breaking The Silence: Children s Stories (BTS) chronicles the impact of domestic violence on children and the recurring failings of family courts across the country to protect them from their abusers. In stark and often poignant interviews, children and battered mothers tell their stories of abuse at home and continued trauma within the courts. Family courts frequently minimize the harmful impact of children s witnessing violence between their parents and sometimes are reluctant to believe mothers. If the