'Word Pictures' Child Abuse PSA Ad Council 1989

Using children's drawings to depict the damage done by verbal abuse.

[PyroRaven]

EDIT: Verbal abuse may not hurt *physically* but it takes a toll on your *mental* health.
I don’t understand why people think verbal abuse doesn’t count, it hurts just as much as physical abuse.

[AlpacaCutieDemonFLUFFYKITTENS]

I never quite got over being called a "slob" I never quite got over being called chubby or ugly, either. the people who called me those things were apparently trying to "motivate me to be better" or were just "pushing my buttons" and didn't intend harm. It hurt the most when those words came from someone older than me, and they often did. I made peace with what happened, and forgave, but I will always view myself as an unkempt, homely imperfect person. I feel like I need to work extra hard to feel accomplished. I struggled with eating disorders throughout my my entire teenage years.
it feels odd having something from the 1980's validate my stance on negative language in regards to children, because I was always told I was far too sensitive and that I'd get over it.

[YTCat]

For the people who don’t think some of these words hurt, I just wanna say that it does hurt for the child. Kids are more sensitive and it’s also the way parents say it. That’s why they hurt for them.
Edit: for the ones saying that it isn’t offensive to them, it doesn’t have to be for every child, I’m just saying that words can hurt. Also congrats to the random gay dude for coming out
Edit 2: People please stop fucking replying to this💀

[karenburgess]

I remember this psa just wish that my abusiers had seen it too.

[christophercruz]

Do you happen to have the PSA of the abusive parent giving themselves a lecture while looking into a mirror? There were two versions created-one with an abusive father, another with an abusive mother. These were from the early '90s. A voiceover concluded them by saying, "Take time out. Don't take it out on your children".

[ashtober]

it's trippy as fuck watching this PSA and realizing these were the less harsh of the names you were called as a kid

[gregdevorce]

Another reason why I say, 'Abused children are helpless unless you help.

[Goofy]

The difference between “What you did was stupid.” And “Your stupid.” is big

[VulturineValkyrie]

Someone once told me a qoute "the axe forgets, the tree remembers" i think it was made to get this very message across and I keep it in the back of my head when I talk to people about verbal abuse in trauma

[piroshk]

displaced anger is one hell of a drug. a drug that most parents are chronically addicted to but wont admit it. no child deserves to hear words like this on a consistent basis by their parents or family.

[saeby_k]

It's sad how adults don't take children's emotions seriously

[Ibis_Wlfie]

When you called me useless, I didn’t stop loving you, I stopped loving myself

[DandelionFilms]

Every child deserves a Parent but not every parent deserves a child😢

[Tilted_Whisper]

This video hits me like a truck.
It actually made me cry.
I get the picture.
I feel the picture.

[brandoncolis]

This does not matter much, but the voice that says dummy at the start actually sounds like a older kid, perhaps an older sibling. What the announcer in this commercial misses is that it is not just the parents who berate children, but older siblings, grandparents (the one that says clumsy sounds like one), teachers, classmates, etc., they all can have a great impact, on the self esteem of children. It is true some parents do say these things to their children and may not actually be that abusive, perhaps they may even regret their actions later on, and these people are not saying these words that powerfully, but words still have a life lasting effect. Remember what you say and how you say it. Children are our future, so let us give them a hopeful one.

[Lemonade_]

I love how the font is like a child’s handwriting… it makes us more emotional.

[da_kine]

its unbelievable that kids actually made these drawings (in a good way)

[HBHappy_Bear]

As someone that has been called dumb three times, spoiled, stupid, ugly, clumsy, and weak, this hits hard.

[_eyed_magician]

My parents/caregivers have always been indirect with destroying my ego along the rest of my mental health, they are extremely subtle, they mean no harm, they're just extremely ignorant & seemingly completely oblivious to the harm that they cause.

They make me say these things about myself & then ask "why do you put yourself down? We don't do that to you?" As if they're completely innocent & I'm the cruel one.

They're narcissists, they're completely unaware unwilling with empathy

Its a constant competition & I'm the looser by default

[djmetaljack]

We need more of these commercials, I’m sick of people treating their children like subhumans, it makes me angry.