A thesis paper on child abuse with a look into Dave Pelzers autobiography 'A Child Called 'IT'' Outlines various types of child abuse and prevention suggestions.

Deaths from abuse are under reported and some deaths classified as the result of accident and sudden infant death syndrome might be reclassified as the result of child abuse if comprehensive investigations were more routinely done. Most child abuse takes place in the home and is started by persons are know to and trusted by the child. Even though it has been widely publicized, abuse in day-care and foster-care setting accounts for only a small number of confirmed cases of child abuse. In 1996, only two percent of all confirmed cases of child abuse occurred in these settings. Child abuses if fifteen times more likely to occur in families where spousal abuse occurs. Children are three times more likely to be abused by their fathers than by their mothers. No differences have been found in the incidence of child abuse in rural versus urban areas. Following are the types of abuse and the

Explore what support is available to children at risk of abuse and critically examine its impact for safeguarding children.

Children are seen as vulnerable as they are young and unable to look after themselves without the help of a responsible adult, such as a parent or an extended family member. Children are meant to be protected, but this is not always the case. In this essay, the case of

Child abuse is epidemic in many countries as well as the United States. It is estimated that every thirteen seconds a child is abused in some manner: physically, sexually, emotionally or by neglect (Friedman). Each year, there are over 3 million reports of child abuse in the United States involving more than 6 million children. Child abuse can be reduced with proper education of the parents and with greater public awareness.

By utilizing theories from Urie Bronfenbrenner, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, one can effectively draw insightful conclusions about how abuse affected Dave Pelzer’s childhood.

Child Abuse. In 1995, David Pelzer wrote a book describing his childhood, a book that is highly recommend as a must read. The book starts off with a happy home and quickly turns into his very own nightmare. Pelzer is a survivor of child abuse. This story is so nauseating that while reading it you find found yourself praying that his parents would rot in hell for all eternity.

The first factor that played a role in the continuation of abuse in Pelzer’s life is alcohol. His mother started to increase the intake of alcohol, she drank. Dave’s mother had a drinking problem when she began to associate drinking alcohol with getting rid of her problems as a wife and mother. Pelzer explains that his relationship with his mother drastically change. The mom’s behavior became worse when her husband went to work and she spend her entire time laying on the couch , dressed in her bathrobe and watching television. She only movement was to only use the bathroom, getting more drinks or heating left over foods (Pelzer, pg. 29). Through the progression of Pelzer’s life , his mother drank heavy. Most of the time her day was spend drinking. Pelzer’s father contributed to the increase of abuse that Dave receive. He passive allowed his wife do whatever she wanted with Dave because he was tired of battling with his wife. This became a moment of realization for Dave when he figured out that there was no one to advocate for his rights at the

Dave’s mother, Catherine, would decorate the family’s home for each holiday and enjoyed cooking different meals for the family. His dad was often away for days at a time due to work, yet loved his family. However, things started drastically changing with his mother. She begun to drink heavily, and became short tempered. Dave quotes himself as the most difficult of his siblings, and believed this to be the reason his mother singled him out to be abused whenever he was “bad.” At first Dave’s father protected him from the abuse, but eventually he begun to ignore the abuse. Dave’s punishments initially consisted of slaps, pushes, head slamming and making him repeat “I’m a bad boy!” The abuse only worsened, as Dave grew older Catherine begun withholding food from Dave, isolating him from his brothers, forcing him to eat feces and poisonous substances, and made him wear the same outfit for 3 years. She furthered his abuse by calling him “the boy” or “it,” instead of his given name and ordering the other boys to abuse Dave.

Child abuse needs to stop. “I felt I was living in a nightmare that Mother had created, and I prayed she would somehow wake up.“ this is just a small piece of Pelzer’s story “a child called it.” the author describes all too well how so many unfortunate children in America today feel. Child abuse, an occurrence that is more common than we would like to believe. How many bright minds need to be dimmed before child abuse ends?

There are many things in our society today that unfortunately go overlooked. One such thing that is overlooked is the number of children who are being abused. Unfortunately these children are going through life not knowing whether or not their parents will loose their temper and perhaps kill them.

Often the children will also have detrimental developmental and mental health issues as well, leading them to either become very timid in society or an abuser themselves.

There are certain demographics that are more prone to child abuse. Lower income families and young single mothers are the most likely to have child abuse in the home. This is due to the levels of stress in these types of families. When a person gets too stressed, and is not given the proper tools and resources to let that stress out, naturally it goes to a person that is close to them. Most of the time it is the children, all it takes is for the child to do something small, it can be something natural such as crying for no apparent reason as children often do, to take the abuser from simply over stressed to their breaking point.

Social Problems Child Abuse Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of children. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or also known as CDC defines child abuse as any act or series of acts by a parent or other caregiver that could result in harm to a child. Most child abuse occurs in a child's home, but it could also be found within organizations, schools, or communities that the child interacts with. There are four major categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and also sexual abuse. In the story I selected, it shows many signs of sexual and physical abuse within a little girl and her older brother. Of course the mother

According to Webster 's dictionary, child abuse is the mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian, including neglect, physical abuse and sexual molestation. The medical definition differs fro Webster 's definition only by a few words. The medical

Child Abuse is constantly hitting your child for no apparent reason. Many children may tease other kids at school but they don’t know what it is happening at home. They don’t know that you are getting abused at home repetitively. Most of the people may not know but if they do they don’t do anything