«A must read for parents and attorneys who want to learn what to do, or not do to
prevent emotional harm to children before, during, and after their parents» divorce.»
Not exact matches
Re B (Transfer of Foster Placement)[2013] 1 FLR 633: Care proceedings — Children of same family placed in three different foster homes outside the area of the local authority concerned — Local authority sought to move the children within the area — Whether the children's guardians should be granted an injunction
preventing the move — Whether the children were at risk of
emotional harm.
Working together, they can combine resources to
prevent physical and
emotional harm to children, build strong families, and help communities thrive.
If humane values are instilled as a foundation in their early years, through practised experiential learning, these children, transitioning into youths, will possess the
emotional intelligence, empathy, critical thinking skills, gender sensitization, appreciation and celebration of diversity, self - regulation, and knowledge required to
prevent them from causing damage or
harm to themselves, their community and the world in which they live.
As a result bold interventions, both legal as in child protection practice, to
prevent greater psychological and
emotional harm to children in severe cases is still to be implemented.
Abusers often employ a variety of tactics in their quest to control their targets, including physical abuse (e.g., pushing, hitting, choking), sexual abuse (e.g., forced sexual activities),
emotional abuse (e.g., name - calling, insults, public or private humiliation), economic abuse (e.g., controlling finances,
preventing the partner from having a job), coercion and threats (e.g., threatening to
harm or leave the partner), intimidation (e.g., destroying the partner's property,
harming the partner's pet), social isolation (e.g., monitoring or limiting the partner's social contacts and outside activities), and denial (e.g., denying or minimizing the abuse, blaming the partner for the abuse)(see Hines, Brown, & Dunning, 2007; National Domestic Violence Hotline, 2015; Pence & Paymar, 1993; U.S. Department of Justice, 2008, 2014).