Whilst all abuse sucks, when your own family does something like that to you, when they set you up, and then laugh at you and make you feel so stupid, so small and worthless, that's one of the worst things someone can feel. There can be no outcome except anger and mistrust.

They preyed on this poor kid's emotions and used that to laugh at him. I fail to see how this isn't abusive. And I see absolutely nothing funny about it.