Emotional Child Abuse Case Study

“1 in 14 children have experienced emotional abuse by a parent or a guardian” (NSPCC 4-5). That’s 7.14% of the world’s population that have to suffer through this ill-treatment and get affected by it. While that number is high, it’s nothing new. Emotional child abuse has always been around, more hidden and not highly talked about like other types of abuse but still present. Emotional abuse is hard to spot and not as believed as important as an issue as sexual or physical abuse. Emotional abuse can happen to anyone, any time. Although, in particular, children are the ones affected in this instance. With each abused child, the circumstances and conditions are different. Based on case to case people will try to help. It’s difficult to pinpoint whether someone is being emotionally abused or not. It’s all according to a person’s judgment and what they are able to do. There’s no definite …show more content…
Children are more prone to be highly impacted by the malevolence since their brains are still developing. An act of injustice on a child is something that sticks with them especially if it’s constantly occurring abuse. Each abused child has their own story with their own reality. They start to gain different coping mechanisms in distinct forms. Abuse effects each person differently and leaves each person with a seperate burden. When looking at the life during and after of an abused kid, one can truly see the influence emotional child abuse really has. At times, it’s as if the once abused child never genuinely left the maltreatment they faced but instead keep facing the trauma of their abuse. The effects of an adult abusing their power over an adolescent are strikingly horrific and long-term. Effects of emotional child abuse like mental health issues, delayed emotional development, and behavior problems due to domestic violence, substance abuse, or unwanted pregnancy are lifelong and