๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐น๐๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ด๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฃ. ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ.
It was incredibly heartening to witness unanimous agreement from both the panel and the audience: the language we use with children has a profound and lasting impact. Verbal abuse in childhood is linked to long-term consequences such as depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and difficulties in forming healthy relationships.
At Capa First Response, we are acutely aware of how harmful labels such as violent, complex, challenging, abusive, perpetrator, and others can negatively affect the parent-child relationship. These labels not only shape how children see themselves, but they also influence how professionals perceive and treat them, often normalising the language and contributing to damaging, self-fulfilling prophecies.
Many of us can recall a time when a label (either positive or negative) left a lasting mark on us. As we were reminded by Professor Eamon McCrory, a member of the panel, โIt only takes one adult to counteract the negativity and help a child build the resilience they need to reach their potential.โ
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐น๐.
