Arts Lab- Voices of Insight Collection

MELISSA: “As the kids were getting bigger, I had a conversation with him in the kitchen and I remember him saying, ‘those kids would listen to you and believe anything that you told them.” And from then on, he made a concerted effort to undermine me. He was encouraging the kids when the kids started attacking me. He saw me with bruises from the kids, and he rang the police and said, ‘she’s making stuff up and she’s going to say that I’ve done these bruises.’”

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Contained in galleries: DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE

MELISSA: “As the kids were getting bigger, I had a conversation with him in the kitchen and I remember him saying, ‘those kids would listen to you and believe anything that you told them.” And from then on, he made a concerted effort to undermine me. He was encouraging the kids when the kids started attacking me. He saw me with bruises from the kids, and he rang the police and said, ‘she’s making stuff up and she’s going to say that I’ve done these bruises.’”