Artful Dodger: "a person that describes his/her unborn child as a parasite"

The abuse is usually mental, although it can become physical. This is no joke. What a person thinks of children, especially their own children, figures prominently in how they treat those children.

The person using this kind of language (calling an unborn child a parasite) usually fancies himself a science minded person, and is often surprised or disappointed that not everyone shares his fantasy. He doesn't mean to offend anyone, his purpose is to get people to think of him as being objective and accurate. Never occurs to him that people have their own opinions about objectivity and accuracy. I've even listened to (lectured by) some who talk about boundaries, but then they'll act as though they don't seem to know where those boundaries are. And when it comes to other peoples children... well, let's just say they would be better off concentrating on their money.