From: SAAVIK              
To: KNIGHT OWL          
Subject: verbal abuse   
Date & Time: 05/25/91 17:10:43
Message Number 17093

Verbal abuse can be found anywhere... and usually is. Look at all 
the mental abuse in the workplace.... in the schools..... (sigh) in 
the world. 
"You'll never amount to anything worthwhile." That's gotta be the 
worst thing that /anyone/ can say to /anyone/... but hearing it year 
after year as a child... god, it's got to destroy the last shred of 
esteem in a child. And certain children are more sensitive to this 
than others.... 
But ya know, there's all kinds of abuse.... there's outright neglect... 
ignoring a child can do as much damage as verbal abuse to his/her self
image.