It is generally accepted in legal practice that a parent commits a felony endangerment of a minor, manifest in emotional abuse, when that parent abuses another family member in front of a child under the age of 18 years.
法律实践普遍认为，如果家长在18岁以下的儿童面前虐待另一位家庭成员，则构成危害未成年人的重罪，是心理虐待的一种表现形式。