New research released to coincide with Child Protection Week 2024 reveals the majority of Australians agree emotional abuse is a serious problem in Australia.
Emotional abuse is defined as a pattern of behaviours that damage a child’s sense of self-worth, impacting their emotional development and can include, but is not limited to, constant yelling, swearing, insulting, criticising, threatening, and calling a child hurtful names or shaming them.
This Child Protection Week, Act for Kids is encouraging everyone to get behind the ‘Stadium of Hope’ campaign to shine a light on the child abuse, while raising vital funds for children who have experienced or are at-risk of abuse in Australia.
