I feel many children are abused in childhood in some way......father may not like a child or grand mother may not be happy with the grand daughter....do you consider that as abused?
Others may give the child love....grand father loves her but grand mother not.....
Does this impact the child??
And to answer your question, the grandparent or father etc not liking a child is not classified as abuse in itself, but their actions stemming from their dislike might constitute abuse. For eg if the father constantly belittles the child or ignores them, then it can be called as emotional abuse or neglect. If the grandparent favors one grandchild over another it is yet another form of emotional abuse called discriminatory abuse.
Unfortunately, in India all this goes unrecognized because of the type of parenting styles that we as a society follow, and that has been passed on from previous generations. I know modern day parenting in India is vastly different, but Indian children sometimes, I feel lack emotional support because they are told to chin up and not brood, and take it like a man (in case of boys) or just forget it ever happened. This can be due to societal conditioning and fear of acceptance, and can lead to a lot of mental health issues later in life.
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