Children's Aid Society of the County of Simcoe

    October is Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month                               

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Emotional Abuse

This is when the actions of a parent deprive a child of a nurturing environment. These acts include constant yelling, demeaning remarks, rejecting, ignoring or isolating a child or terrorizing a child. Emotional abuse is often difficult to identify and prove.

Behavioral Indicators that a child may be a victim of emotional abuse:

• severe depression

• extreme withdrawal or aggressiveness

• overly compliant, too well mannered, too neat or too clean

• extreme attention seeking

• displays extreme inhibition to play

Physical Indicators that a child may be a victim of emotional abuse:

• bed wetting that is non-medical in origin

• frequent psychosomatic complaints, headaches, nausea, abdominal pains

• child fails to thrive

Physical Abuse               Emotional Abuse                Neglect