Child advocate Brie Masselli discusses her own experience growing up in a home with domestic violence. Brie tells the story of running to school to escape her stepfather’s violent outbursts, and how her childhood struggles in and out of school were missed by those who might have helped. Brie speaks about the ways that children internalize the ways that they are spoken to, and how emotional abuse undermines their confidence and sense of self. Brie now works as an advocate to help caregivers in schools and hospitals perceive the indirect signals of distress from kids.
