News: Boy, 12 Kills Mother

QUOTE (KNtoran @ 6-Jan 09, 1:30 PM) He said he was abused but said that his mother yelled ant him and slapped him.  I do not think that a slap by your mother is very abusive.  The yelling at him could be for a number of reasons but that does not necessary prove that he was abused.  If yelling at a child and slapping them is abuse then there area very large number of abused children in the world mine included. You're very right. There are many parents who hit their children bad and they do not think it's abuse because they consider abuse burning the child's hand or leaving bruises, it is not so. Going back to the topic, it is not the boy's testimony only but a group of psychologists stated (from the same article): QUOTE Prosecutors wanted the child tried as an adult, but the judge ruled the case should remain in juvenile court after a psychologist and psychiatrist testified that he suffered physical and verbal abuse from his mother and could be rehabilitated in the juvenile justice system. So the abuse was proven. [See Similar Topics]