Show Notes
Maryssa Presbitero, child advocate at DASAS, helps answer the question "How can I tell if my parents are abusive?"
Child abuse is more than physical violence or neglect. It can come in many other forms like narcissism, trying to turn the child against a parent, making the child responsible for the parent's emotional well-being and more.
Resources used in this conversation:
Healthline
11 signs you have an emotionally abusive mother
15 signs you have an emotionally abusive parent
How you can tell if you have emotionally abusive parents
Melissa's WMU article A Behavioral Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence Victims
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