How Much of an Abuse Warning Sign Is This?

Question by Steve F: How much of an abuse warning sign is this?
Last night when I wasn’t home, my 10 year old son and wife had a yelling argument. She got frustrated with him and grabbed him by the neck(like choking) with her hands and told him “never to talk to me like that again”. I have had to get between them before when she went after him. Normally she is very loving with all of our kids, but gets frustrated easily and flies off the handle. There has never been physical harm to the degree that marks were left. My son told me he wasn’t scared b/c she does it all the time to my daughter. Suggestions on how to deal with this?

Best answer:

Answer by MeL
Obviously you need to have a talk with her about your concerns..There is no need to rush off and accuse her of being “an abuser” but let her know that her actions point towards someone with rage issues…
She might get upset, but something needs to be said!

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