Maryssa Presbitero, child advocate at DASAS, helps answer the question "How can I tell if my parents are abusive?"

Child abuse is more than physical violence or neglect. It can come in many other forms like narcissism, trying to turn the child against a parent, making the child responsible for the parent's emotional well-being and more.

Resources used in this conversation:

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• Healthline
  
• 11 signs you have an emotionally abusive mother
  
• 15 signs you have an emotionally abusive parent
  
• How you can tell if you have emotionally abusive parents
  
• Melissa's WMU article A Behavioral Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence Victims
  

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