Sentences with word «abusive»

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in a family or household relationship used by one person to gain power and control over another person.

To be fair, the legislation included protections for spouses in abusive relationships.

She focused her campaign on family homelessness, which frequently means single mothers and children escaping from abusive relationships.

What would be provisions would be made for abusive parents and domestic violence victims (regardless of gender)?

If you grew up with abusive parents, would your fear and insecurity disappear by learning it was all part of some master plan?

Any type of emotionally abusive situation can be hard to recognize, particularly when that relationship has always been that way between the two individuals.

It's difficult to value «family time» when your family is at the mercy of a physically abusive father.

We also encourage domestic violence shelters and victim advocates to ask incoming clients about pets in their homes as well as the threats those pets face from abusive partners.

Auto lenders would be well advised to keep up their guard as states — particularly blue ones — take steps of their own to crack down on what they see as abusive practices.

I just want to throw out there that family and marriage counseling are not for abusive relationships or relationships in which one partner is clearly dominant.

A test of moderation revealed a significant interaction between parental intolerance and abuse status such that intolerance predicted parenting stress level only for abusive mothers.

In fact, being raised in purity culture and by abusive parents really helped make the disorder worse.

«I want to do this so that women and children in abusive home situations know that they have a place to go, they can get out of there,» he says.

Typically the product of a very conservative Christian upbringing and a verbally abusive father.

A qualitative study of women who leave abusive relationships.

Family violence describes any type of abusive behaviour used by one person to gain power and control over another.

How do trauma bonds form in abusive marriages, and what can you do about it?

You may even have a history of choosing emotionally or physically abusive partners.

But that's not abusive on your part is it?

For example, a mother may be afraid for her baby because of her currently abusive spouse.

We hope trial judges use their new authority wisely and cut down on abusive patent troll litigation.

The central defender was sent off for a second yellow last weekend, and has had his one match suspension increased to five because of abusive language towards match officials.

Sending offensive letters, getting too intimate or using abusive language will bring you nowhere.

But subprime loans become abusive when borrowers are qualified under terms they can't hope to afford.

I lived with a verbally abusive man for 14 years.

They claim that these laws will roll back the protections women have finally obtained against abusive husbands.

Many people don't realize that they're confronting someone who is an emotionally abusive person.

It could be an absent or inconsistent parent, a physically abusive boyfriend, or a mother who was really critical.

Debt validation is a tool used to protect consumers from abusive debt collection.

• More than 50 % of survivors of domestic violence say they are unable to escape abusive situations because they worry about what will happen to their pets should they leave.

He sounded like a great person, and he had me at abusive childhood.

We need broad patent reform to stop abusive patent litigation.

I know someone who was planning on legally changing their name to avoid detection by abusive family members.

His work with abusive priests must have affected his brain.

His parents had a relatively stable marriage without significant economic difficulties, and he didn't recall anybody being verbally, physically, or sexually abusive at home or elsewhere.

I had no idea about dog fighting and abusive owners.

We're hoping that, in addition to dealing with abusive litigation tactics, the key issue of patent quality is addressed.

It's important to keep evidence, such as screenshots of abusive messages.

When you're a child who hasn't figured out how to deal with his emotions, just having these feelings can bring on irritating or abusive acting - out behavior.

Instead, you should report abusive comments and block the person sending them.

Most of us (especially women) have been subjected to some unwanted or even abusive behavior online.

However, the years spent in abusive churches have taken a toll.