Love Shouldn’t Hurt: How Lived Child Welfare Experience Shapes Romantic Relationships

For many with lived child welfare experience, romantic relationships are tied not just to emotions—but to survival. Housing, safety, food security, belonging, and emotional attachment often become intertwined with love. This webinar explores how early instability, trauma, and system involvement can influence how we choose partners, stay in unhealthy relationships, or become single parents after choosing survival over safety. Panelists will reflect on unhealthy love, healing from abuse, and what it takes to build healthy, emotionally safe relationships.

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