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Abusive Parents
Abuse is to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way. Twenty-one percent of children are physically abused and forty-six percent are neglected. Parents are suppose to direct their children in becoming good adults by protecting them, encouraging them, and being dedicated to them. Abusive parents lay guilt trips and frequently abandon and disapprove of their children and teens. Children tend to become timid and shy or bold and aggressive in new situations due to a dear and mistrust of others, including their parents. There is a violation of trust between a caregiver and a child. Children become intimidated by their parents because of the power an adult has over them. In The Fifth Born by Zelda Lockhart, every type of abuse was addressed; sexual abuse and emotional abuse but the continuing abuse was physical abuse. The physical abuse were constant beatings and whippings. Odessa’s parents felt that beating their children would relieve the constant guilt they......

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