Abusers Teach Rebellion: Whatever You or Others Say Doesn't Matter, Only What They Say
Rebel against your mother, the teacher, the coach, law enforcement or anyone else an abuser doesn't like and you are considered one of their favorite pawns to use and abuse! They don't like it very much when children listen to their victims especially when what they are doing is interfering with their plans. So the brainwashing begins to sway a child or young adult son or daughter to believe that everything is wrong with the other parent and not with them! Some of the manipulation looks like the following: 1) Speaking ill about the ex in front of the new partner. 2) Saying that "If it wasn't for me...your mother this...your father that...I have been there for you!" 3) Offering service while talking about how bad the other person is for not doing. 4) Lying about the verbal and/or physical abuse that took place in the relationship. 5) Love bombing the children so that they never know that the abuser was really the reason why the other...