We want all children to grow up with the best possible chance to thrive - to grow up healthy, to reach their potential and follow their dreams.

For tips on how to talk to children to build them up, not knock them down, follow this link: wordsmatter.org/find-help/reso…

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Thinking differently.

Great to be at Anna Freud's launch event for their new manifesto last night.

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Thank you to Professor Peter Fonagy for your powerful closing remarks for our first international conference on childhood verbal abuse with World Health Organization (WHO) & UCL

What a momentous day for Words Matter, and putting childhood verbal abuse by adults firmly on the map.

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Professor Catherine Maternowska explains how community and institutional structures can play a part in whether or not a child is more or less likely to experience violence, with factors like economic shocks, gender inequalities and urbanisation all playing a part.

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Prof. Xiangming Fang, author of groundbreaking new study on economic impact of childhood verbal abuse by adults, hopes that by revealing the annual cost of $300 billion globally, “this form of childhood maltreatment will be given the attention it deserves.”

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Childhood verbal abuse by adults costs society an estimated $300 billion a year globally, show findings presented at the first international conference on childhood verbal abuse, hosted by UCL, Words Matter & World Health Organization (WHO) & chaired by Prof Peter Fonagy UCL Psych & Lang Sci ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/apr/…

Brilliant to have Dr Manasi Kumar as our afternoon chair, heading up such incredible presentations.

What a day it has been so far - don't forget to join us for our afternoon sessions.

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We are all too familiar with the damage to children as a result of physical violence & verbal abuse. We all have a duty of care to treat children with respect Words Matter highlight how much words really do matter and how if used poorly, they can have lasting impacts on children

Such a great start and it has continued to be a stimulating and challenging morning covering this important topic. #WordsMatter2024

Thank you Maria Aarts for your empowering presentation on the transformative power of filming parent-child interaction to foster positive moments and language and enhance family dynamics.

As your talk was titled, it was a golden gift!

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Prof. Mark Bellis highlighted how without evidence specifically on the impact of verbal abuse, parents, health and education services may underestimate the toxic impacts on children that arise from just abusive words from parents, carers or other adults.

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Prof. Dube, author of the systematic review on childhood verbal abuse by adults, explained why it must be its own maltreatment subtype so we focus on verbal abuse by perpetrators, rather than ‘emotional abuse’ among victims, enabling targeted interventions.

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What an inspiring kick off from Professor Peter Fonagy and our founder Jessica Bondy at our first international conference on childhood verbal abuse today.

Together we can end verbal abuse of children by adults.
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Today's the day of our first international conference on childhood verbal abuse with World Health Organization (WHO) and UCL.

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Childhood verbal abuse by adults is costing society an estimated $300 billion a year globally. bit.ly/4aLZ2iH

The study's author, Prof. Xiangming Fang, will be presenting findings today at the first international conference on childhood verbal abuse with World Health Organization (WHO) and UCL

It's the final countdown!

We have one day to go until our FIRST international conference on childhood verbal abuse with World Health Organization (WHO) and UCL chaired by Professor Peter Fonagy, UCL Psych & Lang Sci and Anna Freud, and Dr Manasi Kumar, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

We can't wait to see you there!

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Just one week to go until we host the FIRST international conference on childhood verbal abuse with World Health Organization (WHO) and UCL.

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2 weeks to go until the FIRST international conference on childhood verbal abuse by adults with World Health Organization (WHO) and UCL

Prof. Li Wei, Dean of IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society, emphasises the importance of this event in increasing understanding of this critical issue

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