Season 1 Episode 21: Listening to the Voices of Children and Young People Harmed by Fathers Who Choose Violence: An Interview with Professor Cathy Humphreys and Dr. Katie Lamb

About This Episode

For too long we have not listened to children and young people’s experience of their father’s violence. To fill this gap, Professor Cathy Humphreys and Dr. Katie Lamb interviewed children and young people about what they wanted to say to the fathers who were violent to their families. 

In this episode, David and Ruth chat with Cathy and Dr. Lamb about their groundbreaking research. Their impactful conversation includes:  

• One of the digital stories where a young person, in her own voice, shares her feelings about father and his behavior

• Katie and Cathy describing their interactions with the young people and what they learned from them 

• David and Ruth exploring with their guests how some professionals struggle with confronting fathers who choose violence with the lived experience of their children 

• A discussion of how Aboriginal workers used the the young people’s digital stories to help men change

Additional Resources

• Article: Multi-Agency Triage Project: Better Management for Intake and Intervention for Children Affected by Family Violence

• Safe & Together Institute’s domestic abuse–informed trainings

• Safe & Together Institute’s upcoming events

• David Mandel’s book Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to Transform the Way We Keep Children Safe from Domestic Violence