2. Psychological abuse can be as harmful to kids as physical
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Monday, July 30, 2012 6:34AM EDT
Last Updated Monday, July 30, 2012 4:35PM EDT
Though the scars of psychological abuse may not be as immediately
visible as a bruise or a broken bone, a new statement by a leading
journal in children’s medicine says psychological abuse can be just as
damaging to a child’s health as physical abuse.
The statement co-authored by Dr. Harriet MacMillan of McMaster
University in Hamilton, Ont. and published Monday in the medical
journal Pediatrics, says that psychological abuse may be the most
challenging and pervasive form of abuse and neglect.
Although the phenomenon was described in scientific journals more
than 25 years ago, it continues to go under-recognized and under-
reported, said MacMillan, a pediatrician and psychiatrist at McMaster.
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3. Belittling kids as harmful as beating, study finds
By Laura Blue, Time.com
updated 3:51 PM EDT, Tue August 28, 2012
Child Abuse
It may be the most common kind of child abuse ? and the most
challenging to deal with. But psychological abuse, or emotional
abuse, rarely gets the kind of attention that sexual or physical abuse
receives.
(Time.com) -- It may be the most common kind of child abuse — and
the most challenging to deal with. But psychological abuse, or
emotional abuse, rarely gets the kind of attention that sexual or
physical abuse receives.
That's the message of a trio of pediatricians, who write this week in
the journal Pediatrics with a clarion call to other family doctors and
child specialists: stay alert to the signs of psychological maltreatment.
Its effects can be every bit as devastating as those of other abuse.
Psychological maltreatment can include terrorizing, belittling or
neglecting a child, the pediatrician authors say
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/health/psychological-abuse-harmful-time/index.html
4. Is publicly humiliating your child a form of abuse?
MADELEINE WHITE
The Globe and Mail
Published Thursday, Aug. 25 2011, 4:37 PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Sep. 06 2012, 10:17 AM EDT
When a mother in Australia discovered that her 10-
year-old son had stolen chocolates from a corner store
this month, she chose an unusual punishment: She
stuck a sign on his chest and made him confess to his
thievery in public. The sign read, “Do not trust me. I will
steal from you as I am a THIEF.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/is-
publicly-humiliating-your-child-a-form-of-
abuse/article592125/
5. COMPENSATION
Residential school abuse claims surpass federal estimates
GLORIA GALLOWAY
OTTAWA — THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Last updated Monday, Jul. 23 2012, 11:42 PM EDT
The number of people coming forward to say they were seriously
abused at Canada’s Indian residential schools greatly outstrips early
federal estimates and will boost the cost of settlements by more than
$2-billion, federal officials say.
It is a situation that suggests the problems at the government-funded,
church-run institutions that operated for most of the previous century
were far more pervasive than originally believed.
With the Sept. 19 deadline for applications for compensation
approaching, federal officials said Monday they expect the number of
former students alleging serious sexual, physical or emotional abuse
at schools to reach 30,000. That is 17,500 more than anticipated
when the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement was
signed in 2006.
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/residential-school-
abuse-claims-surpass-federal-
estimates/article4436981/?service=mobile
6. Why Canada can't stop bullies
The Toronto Star, Noor Javed, STAFF REPORTER,
November 19, 2009
Daniel Sebben was just 13 when the taunts began. Day after
day, for the next three years, the Newmarket high school student
faced homophobic slurs, insults and verbal abuse from a group
of six boys.
He would come home upset, confused and fearful of what they
might do to him the next day, said mom Karen Sebben.
His marks slid. He became depressed. He began cutting himself
and eventually attempted suicide.
"He emotionally bottomed out. Every day, he was convinced they
were going to get him."
But it was also the lack of support within the "chain of command"
at school, among superintendents and those at the board level
that left the family distraught
7. Two moms, two school bullies and two different ways to deal
The Globe and Mail, Canada's largest national newspaper, By Dave
Ginn, August 25, 2009
One mom taking the issue to the courthouse, while another is taking her
kid to kickboxing lessons
One Manitoba mother of a bullied child is taking the issue to the
courthouse, while another is taking her kid to kickboxing lessons.
Earlier this month, Deborah LeBlanc filed a lawsuit against the St. James-
Assiniboia School Division in Winnipeg, claiming her son's junior high
school did not protect him from a bully.
The suit alleges that in May 2008, another student attacked Ms. LeBlanc's
13-year-old son Bryan in school, grabbing him by the throat and knocking
him unconscious as his head hit the floor, which left the boy with neck
injuries and possible brain trauma.
"People shouldn't have to turn to violence to prevent violence," Ms.
LeBlanc says.
But another mother in the city thinks otherwise. The mom, who has asked
to remain anonymous, has enrolled her teenage son in kickboxing classes
and has given the boy permission to "kick the snot out of" his bully,
according to the Winnipeg
8. NEWS
Abuse in childhood common among alcohol addicts, study finds
March 15, 2012 | By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster
Shots blog
Abuse in childhood appears to be a particularly strong
risk factor for developing alcohol addiction later in life,
researchers reported Thursday. Alcohol dependence is
linked to many risk factors -- including genetics,
drinking in adolescence and having other mental health
disorders. A history of physical, sexual or emotional
abuse in childhood is known to be another risk factor.
The new study, however, shows how strong this link
could be. Researchers at the National Institute on Drug
Abuse surveyed 196 men and women who were
inpatients being treated for alcohol dependence.
9. NEWS
Drive Planned Against Child Emotion Abuse
February 4, 1987 | VICTOR HULL, Times Staff Writer
About 80,000 cases of serious emotional abuse of
children were reported in 1986, although most
Americans recognize that repeated yelling and cursing
at a child lead to long-term emotional problems, a child
welfare group reported Tuesday. Even so, the figure
represents only a fraction of the number of children
who suffer verbal and psychological mistreatment, said
Ann Cohn, executive director of the group, the National
Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse.
10. National Child Abuse Prevention Month kicks off on March
29
By LAURA ENDERSON
laura@southwesttimes.com
April is National Child Abuse Prevention
Month, a time to recognize and
understand that everyone can take an
active role in preventing child abuse and
promoting well-being.
http://www.southwesttimes.com/2013/03/national-child-
abuse-prevention-month-kicks-off-on-march-29/
