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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He doesn’t understand what emotional abuse is.

Seriously. It minimizes real abuse when any situation a kid doesn’t like can be classified as abuse. It’s not helping anyone, let alone the kid.

Give him words for what he’s feeling. Frustration, anger, unfairness, etc. Help him verbalize what he doesn’t like about his family dynamic. You can also come up with actions you can take to improve the dynamic. However, it’s ridiculous to validate that “he’s emotionally abused” because he misunderstood what that means.[/quote]

YES this. Your kid doesn't understand abuse, but you should also talk with him about what he's feeling. Go back to him and say "Larlo, I want to talk about what you said to us yesterday. I understand that you feel sad, angry or frustrated when you get yelled at or punished. And I want to talk about that with you in a little bit and figure out what is going on. But I want you to know that this isn't emotional abuse. Emotional abuse is [fill in specifics - saying that a kid won't be loved unless they do X, berating a kid/calling them worthless, etc.]. We always love you and we don't do these things, but I do want you to tell us if others ever do that to you." Then talk about his feelings on the other stuff.[/quote]

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