Intentionally give your kids anxiety either as a joke or punishment.
Fly off the handle at them for making small mistakes.
Tell them you’ll love them less if they don’t do what they’re told.
Cause them pain as a means of punishment or amusement.
Lie about things you said to avoid apologizing after the fact.
Steal or damage their belongings.
Threaten to or actually give away or harm family pets to punish them.
Refuse to give them privacy by going through their belongings or taking the door off their room, for example.
Call them names and belittle them.
Scream or swear at your kids to intimidate them.
Compare your kid to their siblings or their friends to make them seem inferior.
Invalidate their problems or blame them for being too sensitive.
Anger so quickly and so often that your kids tiptoe around your temper.
Share their personal info or things they told you in confidence with other family members or friends.
Make up stories about them behind their backs.
Punish your kids for things they have no control over, like an illness whether mental or physical.
Tell them you hope they die or encourage them to harm themselves.
Threaten to abandon them or leave them in unsafe situations.
Intentionally provoke your kids to get angry and then guilt trip them for reacting to what you said or did.
Give them the silent treatment and pretend they don’t exist.
Fail to meet your kid’s basic needs.
Refuse to let them make decisions or think for themselves, especially as they get older.
Lock them out of the house.
Subject them to affection or physical contact that they are not comfortable with and don’t consent to, even if it’s not sexual in nature.
Intentionally misgender your kids or refuse to accept their sexual orientation, or treat them poorly for coming out.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’RE ABUSING YOUR KIDS!
Please seek help immediately because the above behaviors can and will traumatize children and are terrible things to do to another human being.
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