From the author: An article about child abuse, which, unfortunately, has become commonplace in everyday life. Today I was walking down the street in the evening and encountered child abuse several times. No, they were not beaten, pedophiles did not harass them or try to kidnap them. Nothing that is talked about often and with horror. Everything is simpler and worse - their personalities were humiliated by their parents, without even suspecting that they were committing violence. Because it has so permeated the entire attitude towards children that it is difficult to find an antidote. Two women talk about the love affairs of a third, who is not nearby. A little girl – the daughter of one of them – asks: “Who are you talking about now?” Mom, breaking into a cry: “Well, don’t get involved in adult conversations, it’s none of your business!” Firstly, adult conversation is banal gossip. Secondly, the girl now clearly knows that she is stupid and does not understand anything about life. The boy is riding up the hill on a tricycle. He was tired, stopped and asked his dad: “Push me, I’m tired.” The father replies: “Are you a weakling, or what? You see an old woman with a stick standing up in front of you. And you completely disgrace me!” Now the boy will firmly understand that his dad considers him a loser, and will recognize him as a person only if he is always faster, taller and stronger than others. But you won’t always be able to be faster, higher and stronger, so you can’t avoid shame. A child of two years old stumbles and falls. Mom shouts to him: “Who are you so clumsy! You’re tripping over your own feet!” You can say that I’m exaggerating, that children are small and don’t realize anything. But by objecting to me, you again took part in discrimination against children, which presents them as some kind of subhumans and imbeciles, whose inner world can be neglected. I haven't given all the examples. Children are cursed at, they are yelled at for soiled clothes, they are showered with threats to send them to an orphanage, they are beaten without explaining why. Education begins with respect for the child’s personality. It’s very easy to do - remember how we ourselves were children, remember that at that time there were thoughts in our heads, and feelings in our hearts, and it was so offensive to endure humiliation from adults. Humiliation, poking and punching remain scars on the psyche. Parents are people who can change the world if they change their attitude towards their children. Of course, you can't be a perfect parent. But you can at least be humane - see a living person in a child, and not a dumb doll.