How ‘It Ends with Us,’ can change the lack of awareness around childhood domestic violence

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I once asked my mom the same question as the main character in the novel-turned-film, “It Ends with Us,” asks her mother, “Why didn’t you leave?”

I asked her why she didn’t leave Kevin, her boyfriend, who would often hurt her with his hands and his words.

I also asked another question, hundreds of times throughout my childhood, but this one was just for me, “How could I get him to stop hurting her?”

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My mom’s answer to me was, “that was the best I thought I could do, and I did not want to be alone.”  My answer to myself was, “keep trying everything you can, because it’s your job to stop it.”

Years later, I came to

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