A child as young as two can be affected by verbal abuse. Mistreatment during infancy and early childhood negatively affect early brain development and can have a long term effect into their adolescence and adulthood. The experiences we live through infancy and early childhood provide a framework for the expression of children's intelligence, emotions and personalities. When those experiences are primarily negative, children may build up emotional, behavioral and learning problems that carry on during their lifetime (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2001).
"Our brains are sculpted by our early experiences. Maltreatment is a chisel that shapes a brain to contend with strife, but at the cost of deep, enduring wounds" (Teicher, 2000 cited in Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2001).
You've no doubt heard the saying, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." Well, it's not true. Name-calling hurts especially when the person doing it is a parent, a teacher,......

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Title: Verbal Abuse
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