Abuse And Neglect

Child Abuse: When a parent or any caregiver causes injury, emotional harm, or death to a child.

When you’re a kid you should still have so much hope because you have not seen the tragedies in the world. Imagine just for a second that before you were even five, you had to take care of yourself. As a toddler you felt unloved and neglected. Each year 5.5 million children experience this feeling, not just for a second, but throughout their childhood. Neglect is child abuse, as well as physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse. Child abuse is awful because it causes the child to feel worthless, to lose trust, and to have serious psychological problems early on in life.

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.

Defining child abuse is a complicated issue. First, currently the United States does not have a standard definition of child abuse because each state has their definition. Definitions are different at the state and federal level. Child welfare agencies also may have different child abuse and neglect definitions. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) define child abuse and neglect as any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker that result in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation; an act or failure to act that presents an imminent risk of serious harm (Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual, 2003;

According to The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, child abuse is defined as “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm,” (www.childwelfare.gov). This could be interpreted as physical, sexual or emotional abuse in childhood for those 18 years of age and younger. Child abuse can cause many risk factors and health issues for those affected which can life in later years.

Childhood is a very important stage in a person’s life because it is the time when they grow and learn important life lessons. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee shows how abuse can affect a person and their chance of success. It is impossible for a person to have a productive life if they are beaten and neglected during childhood because it could lead to psychological, behavioral, and physical consequences that could harm their future and success. Child abuse can affect a child’s state of mind. Neglect and mental abuse can cause a child to have depression, anxiety, inability to trust, and low self esteem.

Children in the foster care system are being constantly abused, how is the government in fault for everything?  Various times tragic and violent things happen like children starving or kids being verbally threatened and the government is blamed with no proof making it invalid, in this case there is proof about how they are in fault, as Kubitschek in her 2005 article “ Holding Foster Care Agencies Responsible for Abuse and Neglect” illustrates how the government “removes children from their parents who are claimed abusive and the government places them in a safer environment, most cases this doesn’t happen”. Interesting thing is that although it’s away from their previous abusive home they are being but again into the same situation. As Kubitschek

Many children are abused, maltreated and neglected. Many of these children are taken away from their parents and put into the foster care system where they have to depend on people and the government to take care of them. These children are sometimes abused, maltreated, neglected and some of them even die in the system. These children need to be advocated for and social workers are the one who steps in to make sure that they are taken care of the way that they should be. In this paper I am going to be discussing the abuse, maltreatment and neglect that these children go through and how social worker come in to help these children to make sure they are safe.

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is a state-run agency that provides counseling, rehabilitation or placement services for neglected or abused children.

Child Abuse and Neglect continue to be a serious pediatric and social threat to the nation’s children. Child maltreatment is more than bruises and broken bones. While physical abuse may be the most noticeable, other types of abuse, such as emotional and sexual abuses, leave deep, lasting scars. Child Maltreatment includes significant negative experiences with long-lasting effects. These childhood experiences cause detrimental, long lasting effects during cognitive, behavioral, and emotional development and often well into adulthood. This paper will look at the various types of child maltreatment and the causes attributed to them, as well as the long term effects of child abuse and what can be done to prevent these abuses.

Childhood victimization and maltreatment is a widespread issue that has frequently been a topic of conversation among mental health professionals. While much research has focused on the behavior and treatment of the perpetrator, the abusive parent, a topic of significant concern is the breadth of consequences, both short and long term, that may be faced by the victim of child abuse (Malinosky-Rummell & Hansen, 1992). Short term impacts of abuse can present as lower intellectual functioning or academic achievement, as well as negative social behaviors or depression. Of particular attention are the enduring affects, rather than the immediate consequences, specifically what an adult may look like after experiencing abuse or neglect in their childhood.

If you ever neglect a child that's just plain out right wrong.Children who are being neglected by a parent or guarding is just wrong.That’s another form of abuse.When a child is feeling unwanted to others that's neglect it's just failure to just provide simple needs.Neglect is as known as passive abuse.Which is when a child is being ignored,like if a parent leaves a child at home with no food or anyone else is the house.When a child is being left or kicked to the curb is just one way to make them feel neglected.Ther are others kind of neglect like physical neglect,medical neglect,or even emotional neglect.These are just the rare few to the whole variety of neglect.Medical neglect is when a parent doesn't take care of the child when they are

Coming home has been what people look forward to since we can remember, right? To be able to relax and put your feet up without worry. Well, for domestic abuse victims, it can be dreaded; coming home from a long day at work just to find your partner has been at home waiting for you to return, to point out what you did wrong and turn the positivity to dust. Questioning your loyalty to have a reason for you to stay home. When did all this start? Domestic abuse first started in Greece, 735 B.C. to discipline one's wives and children. It has escalated so much that domestic abuse is now the main cause of female injury in the US. A woman is beaten every nine seconds in the US, and most don't say anything about what is going on at home. They

Every year, child abuse and neglect affect more than one million children nation-wide (Currie and Tekin 1). Along with this, child abuse is the source of severe injury to more than 500,000 children and the death of over 1,500 children (Currie and Tekin 1). These outrageously large numbers reveal the extent to which child abuse and neglect impact society; however, they do not acknowledge the effect abuse can have on a child’s life and the repercussions that may occur in both the individual’s childhood and adulthood. While the effects most certainly include physical pain and possibly future disabilities, child abuse and neglect can also affects the child’s psychological welfare. Psychological effects are often more difficult to recognize,

The issue of child abuse and neglect is serious, controversial, and is escalating in today’s society. Many people are not aware, but child abuse is rampant in our society. Many child abuse and neglect cases go unreported because a person may not know the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect or perhaps the person or person may feel that this is an private issue and needs to be handle with in the home and no outsiders should be involved. Without the proper awareness of child abuse and neglect and the involvement of everyone this issue will continue to raise our eyebrows.