Abuse at home

Is there abuse or violence happening in your home?  If so, there are some important things you need to know.

There are different kinds of abuse.

Abuse is using pain, fear or humiliation to get your way.  Abuse can be:

	physical—inflicting pain by pushing, restraining, pinching, shaking, slapping, punching, choking, and so on
	emotional or psychological—name-calling, making threats, putting people down, humiliating and criticizing
	sexual—inappropriate or unwanted advances or touching for a sexual purpose, or pressuring a person to have sex or to do sexual things he or she doesn't want to do.