An "abusive childhood" refers to a childhood marked by mistreatment or harm. It means that a person experienced physical, emotional, or verbal abuse during their early years, often inflicted by parents, caregivers, or other family members.
Sentences with «abusive childhood»
He sounded like a great person, and he had me at abusive childhood. (mindbodygreen.com)
Patrick Melrose, Season 1: A harrowing and hilarious journey from abusive childhood toward recovery. (sho.com)
In the Dunedin group, for example, about half the boys with abusive childhoods grew into men prone to committing crimes. (sciencemag.org)