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>> PUBLIC SQUARE RETURNS NEXT WEEK AS HOST MEGAN KAMERICK
LOOKS AT THE IMPACTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN
AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES
FOR THOSE AFFECTED. IN THIS PROGRAM, VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHARE THEIR IMPACT ON THEIR FAMILIES AND
HOW THEY HAVE OVERCOME THE VIOLENCE IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE POWERFUL CONVERSATION THAT AIRS NEXT
THURSDAY, JUNE 27 AT 7:00 P.M. >> IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO,
BEING A WITNESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A CHILD IS CHILD
ABUSE BY LAW. THAT IS A PRETTY POWERFUL
TOOL. I THINK FOR CHILDREN -- I WAS
A CHILD VICTIM MYSELF, AND WHAT I SAW WAS, I BELIEVED
THAT EVERYTHING THAT OCCURRED IN MY HOUSE WAS OCCURRING IN
EVERY HOUSE. THERE WAS -- IT WAS TOO SCARY
TO THINK ANYTHING ELSE. TO THINK THAT THIS WAS NOT
NORMAL WAS TOO OVERWHELMING AND TOO FRIGHTENING, SO I
THINK THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
FOR CHILDREN GROWING UP IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, IS THEY
DEFINE NORMAL BY THAT AND THAT HAS UNBELIEVABLE AFFECTS
MOVING FORWARD.