parental abuse
Guardian inflicted harm
Parental abuse is mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian—physical violence, emotional cruelty, sexual abuse, or severe neglect.
The term can also refer to the reverse: abuse directed at parents by their children, though this sense is less common.
The investigation revealed years of parental abuse.
- neglectFailure to provide care
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- inner childYouthful aspect of psyche
- bruisesDiscolored skin from impact
silence · closed doors · family secret · fear · walking on eggshells · screaming · violence · hidden · scars · dysfunction · broken home · toxic · control · manipulation · CPS · child protective services · foster · safe house
- life eventswedding, funeral, graduation, birthday party, anniversary
- harmharming, injury, hurting, injuring, burn
- domestic abusedomestic violence, battering, batterer, wife beating, intimate partner violence
parental abuseparental love
Caregiver's deep attachment
positive parenting · parental support · tender loving care · gentle parenting · secure attachment
parental abuseloving home
secure attachment · emotional safety · unconditional love · nurturing environment · family harmony
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