Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2658

Tonight's special guest is HelenMarie McCracken from Tucson, Arizona, telling her story with us for the first time. HelenMarie serves as the NAASCA Ambassador program's Pacific Southwest Regional Director. She says, "My children and my life experience are what attracted me to become an activist and advocate for domestic violence and child abuse." There was sexual assault in her family, too, but while domestic violence is typically not included in the legal definitions of child abuse, NAASCA recognizes the devastating consequences it has for children. Being raised around domestic violence causes trauma even if the child experiences no direct physical harm. Emotional, psychological, and developmental impacts can affect a person throughout their life. HelenMarie is a long-term survivor of narcissistic abuse and domestic violence. For several years now she has been extremely active in educating herself to understand personality disorders and DV. It wasn't until after she finally had the courage to leave the marriage, that she learned truth of what her life had become. She did not know what a narcissist was or realize that she was in a domestic violent marriage. HelenMarie wants our youth to be educated with the proper tools for life so they can Recognize, Avoid and Prevent (R.A.P.) a narcissistic, DV relationship. She is dedicated to “breaking the silence on domestic violence” and personality disorders by educating our youth with the DV Youth Awareness Week Campaign and program designed for high school level kids. And to create a law, BriElen's Law, which would mandate every high school in the US to provide Domestic Violence Youth Awareness Week.