Children & Young Persons Act, Chapter 38, 20/2001
Where children are persons under the age of sixteen
Child abuse is defined as any act of commission or omission by a parent or guardian which would endanger or impair the child’s physical or emotional well-being.
Ministry of Community Development & Sports, 2001c
Emotional/psychological abuse
Emotional/psychological abuse refers to the significant impairment of a child’s social, emotional and intellectual development and/or disturbances of the child’s behaviour resulting from behaviours such as persistent hostility, ignoring, blaming, discriminating or blatant rejection of the child (p.10).
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