Attorneys representing five children ages 4 and 5 allege the kids were physically abused by a Malvern School pre-K teacher.

Verbal abuse of children could be as damaging to their mental health in adulthood as physical abuse, according to researchers in Britain. A study of more than 20,000 adults in England and Wales found ...

report card Releasing report cards on Fridays may increase the rate of child physical abuse on the following Saturday. Releasing report cards on Fridays may increase the rate of child physical abuse ...

(CNN) — Cruel words can leave a mark on a child –– and may have as much of an impact as physical abuse, new research has found. People who experienced physical abuse as a child were at a 50% ...

In the past year the region saw a number of cases of young children being severely injured, and in some cases killed, as a result of physical abuse from a caretaker. More recently in Washington County ...

A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical abuse, if not more so. This groundbreaking research highlights the need to ...

Emotional abuse does not just hurt your feelings in the moment, it can quietly reshape your body for years. When you grow up bracing for criticism or cruelty, your nervous system learns to live on ...

Has your partner or a family member ever: Isolated you from family or friends? Controlled your access to food, medicine, money, transportation, or another basic needs? Forbidden you from attending ...