[Margaret Pilkington]

Child abuse takes many forms and needs no physical contact to enforce it......shouting at a child a couple of inches from it's face.....child abuse?.....effing and jeffing(for want of a better word) at a child.....child abuse?.....calling a child 'stupid'...ignorant etc......child abuse?
None of these forms of abuse will leave any mark that the eye can see....but be under no illusions, when used on a regular basis they will damage the psyche of a child more than a mild slap ever could.