Some behaviors or acts explain emotional child abuse. Though sometimes it does not feel as if how we treat children affects them psychologically, it would be important to avoid things like shouting at them, saying unkind words to them, failure to appreciate their good work in school or always expressing negative feelings instead of being positive (Van der Kolk, 2017). Blaming children for everything in a way affects them psychologically. For example, Fiona, whose mum started dating a new person when she was nine years old, then the mum's boyfriend becomes jealous because Fiona and her mum have a good relationship. He scold's her, blames her for the fights he and her mum are having, and even makes Fiona skip meals because she is scared of running
