Let’s Talk About It 10/14/22: Effect of Domestic Abuse on the Children

Producer/Host: Patrisha McLean
Production assistance:
Tammy Oropesa
Music:
Jackie Lee McLean

Let’s Talk About It: Conversations with Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Guests:
Gail and Natasha talk about lingering control and abuse of the children once you physically escape the abusive partner, and 83-year-old Mary Lou reads poems documenting her growing understanding of the 43 years of abuse she and her children endured.

Topics Include:
Post-separation abuse, the impact of domestic abuse on children, how domestic abut impacts the mother/child relationship.

About the host:
Patrisha McLean is the founder/president of Finding Our Voices, the grass roots survivor-powered non-profit breaking the silence of domestic abuse one conversation and community at a time across Maine.