Refuses to Threatens to or Gives up Over- controlling Involves child in acknowledge actually subjects parenting role the child‘s social illegal or the changes in child to public and shows no interactions, immoral child as they humiliation interest in the restricting the behavior, grow up, child. child‘s freedom to encourages child attacks child‘s an extreme to be part of this self-esteem. degree. lifestyle at the expense of the child. Behaviors Treats an Threatens to Says is Punishes child Involves child “this adolescent reveal for engaging in in hopeless, I give like a embarrassing normal social prostitution, up”& means it, child, facts to the activities encourages refuses to listen excessive child‘s friends, (dating), child to hit or to child‘s criticism, forces the child accuses child verbally abuse discussion of their verbal into degrading of lying/doing siblings, lives & activities, humiliation punishments. drugs, etc., encourages focuses on other whenever they drug use. relationships at leave home, the exclusion of refuses to children. allow engagement in social activities. Notes: Slide 11.5.117 Key Points: The law requires a direct cause and effect relationship between parental behavior and harm to the child. Courts make rulings based on expert testimony about the child‘s mental and emotional well-being. Harm to the child must be demonstrated in the form of significant impairment in the child‘s functioning Professional evaluation must be obtained to significant impairment. The suffering causes, or will cause, continuing difficulties in the child‘s ability to think, reason, and relate to others and has sufficient indicators and substantial, observable symptoms. There must be identifiable parental behavior that could cause harm. This parental behavior must be established through substantial, observable action or lack of action on the part of the caregiver. A causal link between the parental behavior and the harm to the child must be established. A direct link must be shown.
Refuses to acknowledge the changes in child as they grow up, attacks child‘s self-esteem. Threatens to or actually subjects child to public humiliation Gives up parenting role and shows no interest in the child. Over- controlling the child‘s social interactions, restricting the child‘s freedom to an extreme degree. Involves child in illegal or immoral behavior, encourages child to be part of this lifestyle at the expense of the child. Behaviors Treats an adolescent like a child, excessive criticism, verbal humiliation Threatens to reveal embarrassing facts to the child‘s friends, forces the child into degrading punishments. Says “this is hopeless, I give up”& means it, refuses to listen to child‘s discussion of their lives & activities, focuses on other relationships at the exclusion of children. Punishes child for engaging in normal social activities (dating), accuses child of lying/doing drugs, etc., whenever they leave home, refuses to allow engagement in social activities. Involves child in prostitution, encourages child to hit or verbally abuse siblings, encourages drug use. Slide 11.5.117 Notes: Key Points: The law requires a direct cause and effect relationship between parental behavior and harm to the child. Courts make rulings based on expert testimony about the child‘s mental and emotional well-being. Harm to the child must be demonstrated in the form of significant impairment in the child‘s functioning Professional evaluation must be obtained to significant impairment. The suffering causes, or will cause, continuing difficulties in the child‘s ability to think, reason, and relate to others and has sufficient indicators and substantial, observable symptoms. There must be identifiable parental behavior that could cause harm. This parental behavior must be established through substantial, observable action or lack of action on the part of the caregiver. A causal link between the parental behavior and the harm to the child must be established. A direct link must be shown.