Posted by WorryGirl on April 3, 2003, at 16:12:07
In reply to Child abuse questions....., posted by sienna on April 3, 2003, at 11:43:20
> hi everybuddy,
> i have some questions because im trying to figure out what is really abuse...
>
> can anyone tell me what is physical child abuse? id like to belive my father is not a monster. everywhere i look on the net it seems to be that its only very severe like where ou have to hide injuries, but someone sayid my dad is a criminal and i want to know is he really or is my frined blowing it out of proportion?
>
> i dont know
> siennaI don't know exactly where the line is drawn either. Earlier parents used to use harsher punishment that was never questioned, but these days what they did WOULD be considered abuse.
Nowadays, would you call dragging a child up a staircase by their hair (on more than one occasion) child abuse? What about kicking a child when they are uncontrollably screaming to get them to move or to stop screaming? How about locking them in their room with a chamber pot with no dinner, sometimes not letting them out until morning?
It seems like what constitutes physical abuse is when the person doing the abusing has lost control of their own behavior. Somehow it seems like the abusee senses this and knows that it goes well beyond the realm of normal discipline, which is why it hurts them even more emotionally.
poster:WorryGirl
thread:215787
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20030401/msgs/215880.html