Verbal Abuse and the Child

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An exploration into the definition of verbal abuse on children, its comparison to physical abuse and its causes. The paper also studies how verbal abuse affects children both emotionally and physically.

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"The habitually or repetitiously verbally abused child develops social skills slowly, improperly or not at all. Because of his low self-image, he does not develop self-confidence. He becomes less sensitive and attentive to social cues, less competent at social perspective, less able to identify others emotional expressions and understand complex social roles... (Arcus). Because he is forever concentrating on his inner pain and inner brokenness, his worthlessness (as his offender so emphatically and repetitiously told him), he has no room or energy to read others and turn his attention away from himself. In fact, he even becomes suspicious of others, although he is really suspicious about himself. His social development is significantly stunted by the image created in his mind by his offender s credible words of abuse."

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