Health and Social Services
Child Abuse - Emotional Abuse
Emotional Abuse can range from habitual humiliation to withholding life-sustaining nurturing.
The abuse is persistent and chronic to the point that it damages the child causing;
- severe anxiety,
- depression,
- withdrawal, or
- self-destructive or aggressive behavior.
Repeated attacks on a child’s self worth in the form of;
- insults,
- isolation,
- rejecting,
- unrealistic expectations or
- constant criticism.
Terrorizing a child with threats of harm to others that they care about or their pets.
It can also include embarrassing or insulting a child, making hurtful comments about a child’s appearance, intelligence, size, ability, etc.
It can include living in families where domestic violence is an issue.
Health and Social Services
Child and Family Services Act
The new Child and Family Services Act (Children's Act)was passed in the Yukon Legislature on April 22, 2008. It came into force on Friday, April 30, 2010.
Highlights of the new Act include:
- supporting families and extended families to care for their children;
- introduction of the requirement for all Yukon residents to report suspected child abuse;
- changes to the disclosure of adoption records; and
- collaborative planning processes such as family conferencing, to involve family groups in decision making for their children.
The development of the new act is addressed under History.
Our Child Abuse section has definitions of the different types of child abuse, and information on how to anonymously report child abuse.
Child and Family Services Act
Address: Suite 202, 211 Hawkins Street,
Whitehorse, Yukon
Phone: 867-456-7440
Toll-free (in Yukon) 1-800-661-0408 ext. 7440
Fax: 867-393-6410
Child and Family Services Act
