Child Abuse And Its Effect On Children

This is an extended multigenerational family. The family’s developmental stage is influenced by the individual family member’s developmental stage, from children to grandparents. Each stage has its own challenges and achievements, “the emotional and intellectual stages you pass through from childhood to your retirement years as a member of a family are called the family life cycle” (Poinier & Romito, 2014). According to the family life cycle the nuclear family is in the parenting stage, and their children are their major concern. On the other hand, the family also has the grandparents living under the same roof, which are in the retirement/aging stage. Studies suggest that successful

In the typical classroom, a 4-year-old child once said, “If someone wants to have sex with you, you have to do it.” (Rafanello) Child abuse is more prevalent now than ever, and the numbers are only growing. This shows us that child abuse is more relevant now than ever. The amount of damage inflicted on these children mentally range from mild to extreme. This is why it’s important that child abuse gets reported as soon as possible.

Back in the day there were not as many child protecting laws and assisting facilities like there are today. In 1960’s there was very little information as it relates to child abuse. A Canadian psychologist by the name of William L. Marshall said, “you could read all the information in one morning. With the lack of information there was no way for individuals to readily identify what constituted as child abuser. Child abuse before 1875 was in fact the era before child services were created to protect the children.

In most cases, grandparents never anticipated the need to raise their grandchildren, and they are often ill-prepared to care for one or more children. Unlike traditional foster parents, many grandparent caregivers who informally assume responsibility for their grandchildren are offered no training to raise traumatized children, and receive limited financial assistance to meet their grandchildren’s basic needs. Regardless of these challenges, many take on the parenting role valiantly, but grandparent caregivers may be financially poor and have little experience navigating bureaucratic systems for specialized services. Ultimately, the grandchildren are at risk for not receiving adequate supports for positive growth and development. The number of grandparents serving as primary caregivers for their grandchildren has increased nationally in the past twenty years, but the phenomenon is most prevalent in the southern region of the nation.

The author of this book ,Stuart was abused by his step father that almost ruined his life and ended up in hospital, but in this book he writes about how he survived the

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.

Of all the reported American child maltreatment in 2013, 79.5% of victims experienced neglect, more than four times the victims that were physically abused (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013). Neglect is one of the most common forms of child maltreatment and public awareness of this problem was raised in the 1960s by the work of C. Henry Page 1 of 1Kempe which described the battered-child syndrome. It was only then that child maltreatment was regarded as a serious social problem. Since then, a new field has grown, with professionals researching to understand the problem and effective interventions needed and yet, neglect is still often given less attention than child physical and sexual abuse. The signs of neglect are usually less visible than the physical signs of abuse but it is just as detrimental to the general early development of children as abuse. By examining the consequences of neglect in children on their cognitive development, the problem can be slowly addressed and resolved to a certain extent. Not only does it affect cognitive, language and emotional development in children, it can also result in long term consequences such as poor academic performance and attachment problems. However, research has shown that an enriching environment given to the children once they are out of an environment of neglect can promote resilience which to a certain extent can recover the effects of neglect on various aspects of development.

When grandparents are put into the caregiver role for their grandchildren many things are going to change for the

Memory is the blueprint of an individual’s development and growth. Repeated experiences of things taken granted – such as learning to walk and learning to speak and write to express oneself – become encoded to ensure a smooth flow of information that help us adapt to the environment. However, children’s exposure to environmental stressors, depending on the exposure frequency and intensity, may impair the normal development of memory in children. This paper will evaluate the role of child maltreatment (physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and neglect) in the changes of memory function. We will first explore maltreatment’s effect on the physiological changes that occur in the primary brain structures that are involved in the development and functions of memory. Next, we will examine the differences in memory among maltreated and non-maltreated children in various types of memory, including working memory, autobiographical memory, and episodic memory. Finally, we will discuss possible treatments that exist to improve the memory functioning of child survivors of maltreatment.

What can be more distressing for a mother than receiving frequent calls from school that her child is not being able to adapt to the standard schooling conditions? How might she feel when she is told that her kid needs to be put on drugs to make him behave in a ‘normal’ way? One of the most alarming issues in the American society is the growing number of children diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder. More than 17 million young people meet criteria for mental disorders (Goldberg, Atlantic), and the number is rapidly increasing. There are several discussions as to whether a child should be medicated to control their behavior. Some argue that medications are necessary as it give the child, teachers and parents relief. Others maintain

Those who are abused as children may face many difficulties as they grow and develop. The repercussions of the abuse can have lasting effects that continue into adulthood, causing additional problems. Although research has been done on child abuse, it is important to understand the lasting effects the abuse can have on the victims. Recent literature has focused on these effects in an attempt to understand how to provide better treatment to victims of child abuse.

Grandparents provide care for their grandchildren. According to the text, 2010 7 million children live with grandparents (p.38). Most of the infants live with their grandparent because the parents are in drugs, teen pregnancy, family violence, and incarceration. Grandparetns dont have the legal rights with its an obtacle for the well-being of the infant. I will manage to work with this family by understanding the struggle that the grandparents are facing. I will guide them to institutions that help grandparents that are in the same situation they are facing.

Child Abuse is a huge social problem that affects children from all walks of life. It can have detrimental long-term negative consequences that forever change the lives of millions of people. It’s extremely important to understand the impact it has on the mental and social well-being of young adults and try to prevent the ongoing cycle of violence. As a society, we need to become more aware of how serious this problem is and try to intervene before the consequences affect future generations. Theories have been proposed to try and explain these different effects and how it contributes to negative behaviors throughout their development and many of these theories have provided valuable information to help answer some of these research

Our skills topic is based on child abuse. In this essay I am going to discuss the impact and background of child abuse.

Child abuse has been around for over decades and has influenced our country to think that child abuse is okay. “Today every state has formal child abuse reporting laws”, stated Charles A Wilson and Donna M. Pence in their article, “Reporting and Investigating Child Abuse” (71). With every state having a law for child abuse, this could help decrease the amount of cases that deal with child abuse. Charles A Wilson explains the laws in his article, “Reporting laws are based on the premise that certain professionals have both unique opportunities to discover child abuse and the responsibility to ensure that protective services are notified” (71). These types of laws are responsible for notifying the services that help people with child abuse. Although these laws exist, people still manage to commit the same mistake. Do people consider children a toy? If they do, why don’t they consider themselves a toy too? Although some people think that child abuse is acceptable; there is no way I would stand on the side of such a malicious hate crime.