Physical and Emotional Abuse Hurts the World as Well as the Child

When you hit a child it hurts. What people do not see is the emotional pain underneath the physical pain. The assumption is that the child's alright because it just carries on living as best it can. Children are desperate to please the 'Gods' that they believe adults are. If they act out they can frequently expect further abuse. Emotional pain may leave no physical marks - the damage is there