Unlike physical abuse, being emotionally abused doesn’t leave you with visible scars or bruises that can be easy to detect. In the U.S., every ten seconds, a report of child abuse is made. That means on a yearly basis, this involves more than 6.6 million children who are affected. Emotional abuse weakens the individual’s emotional development and sense of self-worth that can have lifelong damaging effects. Here are 10 signs of emotional abuse from parents

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Script Writer: Catherine Huang

Script Editor: Steven Wu

Narrator: Sarah Widmann

Animator: Ben Carswell

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

The National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-7233

National Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-422-4453

Day One Crisis Hotline

1-866-223-1111

Crisis Text Line

Text 741741 from anywhere in the USA

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https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Hotline Links:

The National Domestic Violence Hotline - https://www.thehotline.org/help/

National Child Abuse Hotline - https://www.childhelp.org/

Emotional Abuse Hotline - https://www.crisistextline.org/

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