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