And when he is old he will not turn from it.

When you think of emotional abuse most people think of parents that make fun or call their children names, but that’s not all of it. Emotional abuse can be anything that hinders a child’s growth, such as a parent that fails to show love or affection towards his or her child on a regular basis; and I feel that, that is a sin in God’s eyes.

In comparison to other forms of abuse, the effects of Emotional Abuse have only recently been recognized. Emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior that attacks a child’s emotional development and sense of self-worth. Emotional abuse includes excessive, aggressive or unreasonable demands that place expectations on a child, adolescent, or adult beyond his or her capacity. Constant criticizing, belittling, insulting, rejecting, and teasing are some of the forms these verbal attacks can take. Emotional abuse also includes failure to provide the psychological nurturing necessary for a child’s psychological growth and development-providing no love, support or guidance. (National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, 1987) Some reasons why emotional abuse has been difficult to research

Researchers have developed a cycle that consists of four phases; this cycle usually occurs in every abuse situation. Phase one is called Tension Building, where tension increases, there is a breakdown of communication, and the victim feels the need to please or placate the abuser. Phase two is called The Incident, where verbal and emotional abuse occurs with a result of anger, blaming, arguing and threats. Phase three is called Reconciliation where the abuser apologizes, gives excuses, and also blames the victim for abuse, denies the abuse ever occurred, and or says it wasn’t as bad as the victim claims. The final phase is phase four called Calm, where the incident is “forgotten” and the idea that no abuse is or has taken place. (source number six)

or to the police. If you are a service provider be sure to work with other organizations in order to increase awareness of emotional abuse, address the needs of those who have been or are being emotionally abused , and keep informed of resources and materials relating to intervention and prevention of abuse. (Source number seven)

There are also indicators for the family and parents and they are as followed: blames or puts down child, is cold and rejecting, indifferent to child’s problems or welfare, withholds affection, and shows preferential treatment when there is more than one child in the family.

in the past is there are no consistent definitions and it’s hard to define. Also it is difficult to detect, assess and substantiate and many cases of emotional abuse go unreported. Of the cases that have been reported, tests have

At the present time they have reported five different types of emotional abuse. The first is Rejecting, where parents give their children the feeling that they are un-wanted, that they are to always be the scapegoat,

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