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3 Subtle Types of Abuse Experienced by Children in High-Control Groups

Children need age-appropriate control of their surroundings

Mary Mahoney
4 min readJun 4, 2022

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Abuse suffered by children who were raised in the Children of God (COG) and other high-control groups has made headlines — sexual abuse, physical abuse through harsh “discipline,” and…

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Mary Mahoney

Endlessly curious, a voracious reader and student of psychology, neurology, and behavior. The author of Abnormal Normal. https://amzn.to/3ciFmHO.