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sexual acts in the presence of the caretaker.
Emotional
maltreatment
Emotional maltreatment is invisible to the human eye but is learned by the child through word of mouth. Emotional maltreatment can cripple a child emotionally, behaviorally, and intellectually just like physical injuries can scar and incapacitate a child.
Emotional maltreatment can include “patterns” of: verbal assaults such as screaming, intimidating, rejecting, ridiculing, blaming, and sarcasm; ignoring and being indifferent; or constant family conflict.
Emotional abuse can be seen as a self-fulfilling prophecy. If a child is degraded enough, the child will begin to live up to the image communicated by the abusive parent or caretaker.
A child that has been emotionally abused may exhibit certain physical indicators such as a speech disorder, may lag in physical development or have a nonorganic basis for failure-tothrive and/or have learning difficulties.
Children living a life of emotional maltreatment may have any of the following behavioral indicators: habit disorders (sucking, biting, rocking in an older child); conduct disorders (antisocial, destructive); neurotic traits (sleep disorders, inhibition of play) behavior extremes such as compliant, passive, undemanding aggressive, uncontrollable anger); over adaptive behavior such as too grown-up or too immature or emotionally needy; emotional or intellectual developmental delays; delinquent behavior (especially adolescents); selfdestructive, attempted suicide; and/or cruel behavior, seeming to get pleasure from hurting others and/or animals.
Caretaker characteristics may be, but not limited to, one or more of the following: blames or belittles the child; ignores or rejects the child; withholds love; treats siblings unequally, seems unconcerned about child’s problems, and/or unreasonable demands or impossible expectations without regard to child’s abilities.
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