This behavior is characterized by intimidating, belittling, constantly ignoring the child and otherwise damaging interaction that affects a child's healthy emotional development.
Emotional abuse is very difficult to categorize and measure.
Emotional abuse is the most difficult abuse to define because of its deceitful nature. Prolonged emotional abuse contributes to and reinforces poor self-esteem in children and plants seeds for poor parenting in the next generation. Substance abuse Behavior extremes ie. Habit disorders ie. Low self-esteem Seems unconcerned about child Withholds love Threatens child, name calling or belittling Domestic toward significant other Information provided by the Child Abuse Prevention Center 2955 Harrison Blvd.