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Is constantly swearing at a child considered a form of child abuse?
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Yes: Verbal abuse is more common and more damaging in many ways than physical abuse, please report it to your local child abuse hotline.
Answered 5/3/2016
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Can be: Name-calling, belittling, swearing, insulting. Indirect criticism,threatening with abandonment, blaming,threatening bodily harm,and using sarcasm are also forms of verbal child abuse.
Answered 2/28/2015
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