Progression of Abuse

1. Abuse always starts inside the abusers head. They tell themselves things that cause them to look badly upon the child.
2. Abuse then goes into verbal mode. The abuser talks down to the abused and belittles them, degrades them. This could be yelling, or it could be anything else.
3. After this the abuser often moves into regular spanking.
4. Spankings become more violent as the child fails to respond or the adult finds new things to punish.
5. Soon it is out and out abusive, and the child is caught in a horrid mix of love-hate with thier own parent.
6. The child is murdered.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said,
“and I will make you fishers of men.”