Abusers and bullies often products of their environment

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Abusers often come from a background where they did not feel validated as children, where they were not made to feel accepted for who they were as people, says a psychologist.

“The feeling of power this brings about then reinforces their belief about the self, resulting in a vicious cycle of abuse, which can already begin to show in childhood with abuse towards other children, often referred to as bullying,” Van Rensburg said.

Children who grow up witnessing abuse could consider that behaviour as normal or acceptable, and may then copy it and go on to abuse others.“Adults abusing children may, for example, gain the trust of their victims with material gifts or emotional manipulation, or they may instil fear with the use of threats to prevent the child from telling anyone.

Van Rensburg said when it comes to officially reporting a case of abuse there are steps that need to be taken, starting with the police and social services.

 

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So basically nearly the whole of South Africa is stuffed.... single moms raising kids with zero involvement from the dads

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