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What is Emotional Abuse and How Can it Affect Children?
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Tags: Emotional Abuse, Abuse, Child Abuse, health
Emotional abuse of a child is commonly defined as a pattern of behavior by parents or caregivers that can seriously interfere with a child’s cognitive, emotional, psychological, or social development . Emotional abuse of a child — also referred to as psychological maltreatment — can include:
| | Ignoring. Either physically or psychologically, the parent or caregiver is not present to respond to the child. He or she may not look at the child, and may not call the child by name. |
| | Rejecting. This is an active refusal to respond to a child’s needs (e.g., refusing to touch a child, denying the needs of a child, ridiculing a child). |
| | Isolating. The parent or caregiver consistently prevents the child from having normal social interactions with peers, family members, and adults. This also may include confining the child or limiting the child’s freedom of movement. |
| | Exploiting or corrupting. In this kind of abuse, a child is taught, encouraged, or forced to develop inappropriate or illegal behaviors. It may involve self-destructive or antisocial acts of the parent or caregiver, such as teaching the child how to steal or forcing a child into prostitution. |
| | Verbally assaulting. This involves constantly belittling, shaming, ridiculing, or verbally threatening the child. |
| | Terrorizing. Here, the parent or caregiver threatens or bullies the child and creates a climate of fear for the child. |
| | Neglecting the child. This abuse may include educational , mental health and medical neglect |
Lister:
Angie
Source:
American Humane Organization
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