Totally agree with you, R Mercer, about the foolishness of the idea that "words can never hurt me". Having been an educator my entire career and a dedicated observer and advocate for child development, I believe the impact of hurtful words on the development of children into functioning, happy adults can be as harmful as physical abuse.…
Totally agree with you, R Mercer, about the foolishness of the idea that "words can never hurt me". Having been an educator my entire career and a dedicated observer and advocate for child development, I believe the impact of hurtful words on the development of children into functioning, happy adults can be as harmful as physical abuse. Look at the lifelong impact of bullying on people who experienced it as kids (as well as, in my opinion, the sometimes equally bad impact on the lives of the bully-ers).
And children who are emotionally abused by their parents are just as damaged emotionally as children who are physically abused.
And let's fast forward that to adults. Aggressive, abusive, insulting words are absolutely a form of violence, and as we have all seen throughout our lives (Jan. 6 being a great example) very often leads to physical violence.
Totally agree with you, R Mercer, about the foolishness of the idea that "words can never hurt me". Having been an educator my entire career and a dedicated observer and advocate for child development, I believe the impact of hurtful words on the development of children into functioning, happy adults can be as harmful as physical abuse. Look at the lifelong impact of bullying on people who experienced it as kids (as well as, in my opinion, the sometimes equally bad impact on the lives of the bully-ers).
And children who are emotionally abused by their parents are just as damaged emotionally as children who are physically abused.
And let's fast forward that to adults. Aggressive, abusive, insulting words are absolutely a form of violence, and as we have all seen throughout our lives (Jan. 6 being a great example) very often leads to physical violence.