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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 610172" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I could only find a few articles on this, however it is beginning. Elder abuse is jumping into the spotlight and who is usually doing the abusing? Adult kids. I'm musing over how old a child can start being abusive and I don't care if the child is bipolar or tri-polar. I don't care if it's because of drug abuse or for any other reason.</p><p></p><p>I am thinking that even at thirteen, a large child could become abusive. If they can seriously hurt us, they can abuse us. Are they old enough to understand they are hurting us? YES! Is there any excuse for abusive behavior toward anyone, unless it is in self-defense? That is the question. </p><p></p><p>I am always amazed when I hear stories about parents who put up with it from forty year old kids because "he has problems." In my therapy group there is a woman whose brother, around age 60, still has a relationship with his forty year old son who physically knocks him around and he does it to have a relationship with the son's kids who live with his son. I'm not sure it's worth being knocked around even for the grandchildren. And I wonder if he knocks his kids around too and if CPS should be called. I'm becoming very jaded.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 610172, member: 1550"] I could only find a few articles on this, however it is beginning. Elder abuse is jumping into the spotlight and who is usually doing the abusing? Adult kids. I'm musing over how old a child can start being abusive and I don't care if the child is bipolar or tri-polar. I don't care if it's because of drug abuse or for any other reason. I am thinking that even at thirteen, a large child could become abusive. If they can seriously hurt us, they can abuse us. Are they old enough to understand they are hurting us? YES! Is there any excuse for abusive behavior toward anyone, unless it is in self-defense? That is the question. I am always amazed when I hear stories about parents who put up with it from forty year old kids because "he has problems." In my therapy group there is a woman whose brother, around age 60, still has a relationship with his forty year old son who physically knocks him around and he does it to have a relationship with the son's kids who live with his son. I'm not sure it's worth being knocked around even for the grandchildren. And I wonder if he knocks his kids around too and if CPS should be called. I'm becoming very jaded. [/QUOTE]
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