Even the own family members don't know what's going on because the child is quit. This is the biggest reason that Family have hard time discovering that a member of the Family has this mental illness. .
Effect on Child: "Has also permitted child care workers and legislators to intervene more easily . in some serious complex cases of emotional abuse in which mothers were not physically harming their children but were ruining their lives with stories of false illnesses" ((Meadow, 1989 p.960). Explains how mother not only warm the child but they ruin there lives. The children is the one who is getting physically and imotinnaly abused, and this may have severe consequences on the child when they grow up. The Child May have , defects and may even become perpetators themselves since child abuse is the main cause of MBPS. The number of Mbps perpetors is increase and more and more children are physically and metally becoming illed this could have a great inpact in there lices it could reuing ther hopes and dreams , and because a perpetator themselves , MBPS effects the Children futures directly since , they have been abused as a Child they will end up loanly and whould become steartypical and adopt the perpetators way. As to ruin the child's life, distorting as it does the child's self-concept, sense of reality; and the way in which the child interacts with others. The mother's overwhelming need for her child to be ill results in the child living a life based on lies. The emotional trauma remains long after the child have been abused . Child that have been abused usually have a poor self image sexual acting out , inability to trust or love others aggressive, disruptive, and sometimes illegal behavior , anger and rage ,self destructive or self abusive behavior, suicidal thoughts , passive or withdrawn behavior fear of entering into new relationships or activities , anxiety and fears , school problems or failure , feelings of sadness or other symptoms of depression , flashbacks, nightmares, drug and alcohol abuse.
