We all need physical and emotional boundaries. An excellentbook is Boundaries by Townsend and Cloud. When someoneviolates our boundaries and says something hurtful, we need to speak up....such as......what you said was hurtful. Quite often that person will try to defend themselves. It is our responsibility to simply repeat what hurt and why and not spend a lot of time explaining. Simply say....that hurt, etc.

Name calling is verbal abuse. a