A community health nurse visits a home and finds a child who stayed home from school to care for a younger sibling. the nurse observes that the house is cluttered and dirty. when asked about the parents, the child states he does not think his father likes him because he calls him "stupid." the nurse suspects which type of abuse?

The answer to this question would be: emotional abuse

Emotional abuse or psychological abuse is a maltreatment that can cause a negative impact on the child emotional development. The sign of the abuse would be if the children hate and fear their parent, or the parent talking bad about him. In this case, the children think that the parent hates him and say the parent call him stupid many times.