| I am a man of 54 years now. But despite seeing so | | | | The children lose faith in their own abilities. They learn |
| many things in my life and experiencing all the | | | | wrong methods of behavior. I have seen some |
| emotions, I feel hurt when I am verbally abused. It is | | | | parents who verbally abuse their child in presence of |
| not that verbal abuse does not hurt. Some people | | | | the teacher. All the complaints they have about the |
| think that verbal abuse can be easily forgotten and | | | | child are made right in the presence of the teacher. |
| one may go forward. Yes, one goes forward but the | | | | This is a verbal thrashing. Somehow because the child |
| scars of the wound inflicted by the verbal abuse go | | | | cannot hit back, it is taken as granted by many |
| along with many of us. How about a child? | | | | adults that children can be verbally abused without |
| A child can be verbally abused in many ways. Children | | | | hurting them. Adults feel good after verbally abusing |
| abusing each other with name calling etc. are | | | | them and feel that they know how to properly train |
| common. But worse is verbal abuse by elders. | | | | a child. The facts are contrary. The child feels |
| Parents, relatives and teachers form part of this | | | | humiliated. |
| group in a child's life. Many parents have set ideas | | | | Whenever we talk to a child, we should put |
| about how a child should behave. If the child does | | | | ourselves in their shoes and first think about how |
| not behave that away, the parents do not explain | | | | that will affect the child. Only after we are sure, we |
| them the right way but make fun of them verbally. | | | | should speak to a child about sensitive issues. Verbally |
| If such fun is made in presence of others the child's | | | | abusing a child is a crime in law, and also a bigger |
| psyche is hurt. The hurt may look very innocent but | | | | crime in the scheme of God. |
| that makes a child feel insecure about themselves. | | | | |