How to deal with a teenager that hits you?

Responding to Parental Abuse

1. Clearly Communicate Boundaries. Make sure your child understands your physical and emotional boundaries.
2. Clearly Communicate Consequences For Abusive Behavior. Tell your teen:
3. Contact the Authorities.
4. Get Support.

What are examples of aggressive behavior?

Examples of aggressive behaviors include:

• Physical violence, such as biting, hitting, and kicking.
• Verbal hostility, like sending threatening messages through emails, phone calls, or social media, or making threats against someone’s life, shouting, and swearing.

What can you do if your parents or siblings have mental illness?

So, what can you do if you grew up with parents or siblings experiencing mental illness, or in a family with a history of abuse or neglect? If you’re a teen, you can reach out to your school’s guidance counselor, a teacher, relative or friend.

Are you prepared to cope with your loved one’s mental illness?

Most families are not prepared to cope with learning their loved one has a mental illness. It can be physically and emotionally trying, and can make us feel vulnerable to the opinions and judgments of others. If you think you or someone you know may have a mental or emotional problem, it is important to remember there is hope and help.

How do I know if my loved one has a mental illness?

To learn more about symptoms that are specific to a particular mental illness, search under Mental Health Information .The following are signs that your loved one may want to speak to a medical or mental health professional. It is especially important to pay attention to sudden changes in thoughts and behaviors.

How do you know if your adult child is self harming?

1. Your adult child holds you emotionally hostage by threatening to hurt or kill herself or himself. Adult children who are truly at risk for self-harm need to be taken seriously. But repeated, guilt inducing, manipulative, toxic plays for attention or leniency to get out of facing responsibilities needs to be directly called out and addressed.