Mental and Pychological Abuse

• Verbal Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Neglect
  
  

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  Verbal Abuse

  • Calling a child: "Stupid"
  • "Mistake"
  • "Ugly"
  
  
  It is easy to adapt to verbal abuse. Children get so use to be the treatment that they forget that is wrong. Sometimes children adapt to it so well, that they find themselves treating others this way, which is not right. Sometimes the verbal abuser does not realize that are being abusive. Some of this can be catergorized as slang, and habits that grew with the abuser.
  
  Verbal abuse can also come with frustration towards the child. A lto of poeple make the mistake of yelling at there child. But one has think, how would they feel if they were that child in that position. I mean imagine... soemone yelling at you because you accidentelly broke a dish, or yo don't know how to do a problem on your homework...you're thinking...it's not my fault...I didn't know!
  
  This makes a child scared of there guradian. They would not want to interact with ther guardian because you have put that fear in them. Communication is the best way to interact with a child. When you find yourslef verbally abusing your child...STOP! Say sorry and say it a different way. This way your child will no that you were sorry and they will also get the point that you mean business.
  
  

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  Emotional Abuse

  
  
  Emotional abuse is damaging the emotional development of a child. Emotional abuse is basically:
  • Demands that place expectations on a child beyond his or her capacity.
  • Rejecting
  • Teasing
  • Faliue to provide psychological growth and development
  • Providing no love
  • Providing no support and guidance
    
    Here are also some signs of emotional abuse:
    • Very aggressive
    • Destructive
    • Has a sleep disorder
    • Has a speech disorder
    • Has phobias, complusions, obsessions, hysterical outbursts
    • Over demanding
    • Shy
    • Cruel to others
    • Lags in physical, amental and emotional development.
  
  
  

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  Neglect

  
  
  Child Neglect is when a child is not taken care of properly. This includes:
  • Poor Helath
  • Malnutrition
  • Poor Clothing
  • Poor Education
  Negelct is one of the highest forms of child abuse that is used. Neglect can be from a guardian or another adult. For example, if a school teacher does not let a child eat lunch, that would be considered child neglect. Another example of child neglect is not providing a child with a coat in cold weather.
  
  Here are soem other indicators of child neglect:
  • Dirty skin
  • Offensive Body Odor
  • Unwashed uncombed Hair
  • Tattered, under or oversized and unlcena clothing
  • dressed in clothing that is inapporiate to weather or situation
  • Frequently Left Unsupervised
  
  Poor health Indicators
  • Drowsiness
  • Puffines under the eyes
  • Frequent untreated upper respiratory infetcions
  • Icthing, scratching, long existing skin erruptions
  • Frequent Diarrhea
  • Bruises, lacerations, or cuts that are infected
  • Untreated illness
  • Physical complaints not responded to by parent
  
  Child neglect is usually overlooked because it's symptoms are not obvious as physical or psychological abuse
  
  Mental and Pyschological abuse can alos be things that are overlooked, such as:
  • Leaving a child in a car
  • Not putting them in a carseat
  • Making children do excessive chores
  • Leaving child unattended
    
    
    
    

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