How to identify emotional abuse of a child?"Although emotional abuse can hurt as much as physical abuse it can be harder to identify because the marks are left on the inside instead of on the outside."
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Who to contact?If you suspect a child is being emotionally abused, please contact:
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare by dialing 211 or to get help in the U.S.; Call: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) – Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline |
Indicators of emotional abuse:
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How can you help?
If a child comes to you and reports that they are being abused, proceed carefully so that you can best help the child.
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Remember...
"Reporting child abuse can be difficult on a personal level. You may feel that you are 'meddling' in someone's affairs other than your own, breaking up a family or disrupting people's lives. However, by reporting suspected child abuse, you are making a difference in the life of a child. Sometimes we have to intervene to stop damaging and destructive behaviors that are being done to people who are weaker or have no voice, no power to stop it. When you step up and take action on behalf of a child in this position, you will not only make a difference in that child's life, you may also touch the lives of all of the people involved."