Sentence examples for abusive environments from inspiring English sources

Additionally, many women stay in abusive environments out of commitment to their relationships and the belief that keeping the family together is best for the children.

Such women are often blamed for remaining in abusive environments since "one of the common myths, apparently believed by most people, is that battered [women] are free to leave".

The only difference was that between mouthfuls of potato salad, the people I chatted with told me stories of being raised in abusive environments, fringe beliefs, or being completely shunned by their family and friends.

Children with the T/T genotype of CHRNA4 rs1044396 may be more likely to learn fearful responses in harsh and abusive environments, but children with the very same genotype may be more likely to display curiosity and engagement in response to uncertainty under normal or supportive conditions.

But, as a mom, we want to protect our kids from an abusive environment and the long term psychological effects of abuse.

"We've created an institutionally abusive environment in social care.

It could have been a violent or abusive environment; that's what I expected.

The defectors say that the average Scientology member, known in the church as a public, is largely unaware of the abusive environment experienced by staff members.

I grew up on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota in an abusive environment, so I was in a very vulnerable place.

One of the first things anyone learns in an abusive environment is to remain silent, and it's no different when that environment is a basketball court or playing field.

But six long-suffering nail lacquerers were rewarded when they raised their voices against the owners of a chain of Long Island nail salons, saying they were paid below minimum wage and forced to toil in an abusive environment.