In our culture, we think of abuse as only being physical. However, an equally damaging form of abuse is emotional abuse, which takes away the self-esteem and the self-value of a child. The silent ...

As April begins, the Nevada Outreach Training Organization is shining a spotlight on National Child Abuse Prevention Month ...

Behind closed doors, silence often becomes the loudest sound of all, domestic violence prevention experts and advocate said.

Emotional abuse is a quiet, frequently unrecognized and therefore unnamed, form of abuse that can, nevertheless, have devastating consequences for the abused. Further, emotional abuse can lead to and ...

On Sunday, a 17-year-old escaped from a home where she and 12 siblings had been held captive by their parents in Perris, Calif. Both parents were arrested for torture and child endangerment. At a ...

Children in foster care are in a better position to cope with childhood emotional abuse if they have higher self-esteem, according to a new study by researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel ...

When you hear the word "abuse," some form of physical abuse, verbal abuse or sexual abuse may come to mind. But people may not think about emotional abuse. This kind of abuse can be more subtle to ...

Whereas, prevention remains the best defense for our children and families. Now therefore, the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County in the State of Washington, do hereby proclaim April 2026 ...

A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical abuse, if not more so. This groundbreaking research highlights the need to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three people are jailed on charges in what investigators described as an extreme case of child abuse and neglect in Newberry ...

Researchers have found that athletes experience emotional abuse more than any other form of harm. Some athletes maintain that ...