In the grocery store, a nurse overhears a teenage mother intentionally shaming and verbally reprimanding a child in public. The mother also grabbed the child's stuffed animal and tore the limbs off. From what the nurse remembers about abuse, this would be classified as a form of
A) physical abuse.
B) emotional abuse.
C) sexual abuse.
D) neglect.

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Emotional abuse or psychological maltreatment includes methods of verbal abuse, shaming, destruction of child's personal property, harming or killing child's pet, and bullying.

In the Grocery Store, a Nurse Overhears a Teenage Mother