Discovery News addresses psychological and emotional abuse children deal with just as much as Sexual and Physical abuse. In the past, the focus has been on Physical or Sexual abuse, putting emotional abuse and neglect to the side to deal with on another day. The lack of scars for this type of abuse is harder to find signs or symptoms right away. The long term effects though are just as life altering and critical as any of the other abuses that can potentially leave physical scars. The dysfunctional outcome of emotional abuse can affect health and wellness, self esteem, mental state and future generational cycles. Scars can alter our children’s lives, even if we are unable to physically see them.