Child Abuse

When you ask someone to list different types of abuse, they will likely list Emotional, Verbal, Physical, Mental and Sexual. There is another type, which not much is done about. Environmental Abuse. While many think this is a petty issue, when reported to Child Protective Services or CPS, they don’t seem to jump onto the situation and investigate. Environmental Abuse affects more of the children because the way they are raised is the way they will live in the future. Environmental Child Abuse can consist of living in filth to the point where they are insects infesting the house, no proper care of animals, not providing basic necessities or hygiene, no proper medical or dental cat, denying the children nutritious food and denying education of the children.

Being abused can also leave the child feeling worthless and with low self-esteem, this can then lead to the child feeling depressed which can possibly lead to self-harming.

There are significant signs of psychological trauma due to any kind of abuse. Children experience feelings of low self esteem and depression. Many exhibit behavioral problems including aggression towards other children. Other emotional problems include hostility, fear, humiliation and the inability to express feelings. The social impacts of physical abuse include inability to form relationships, poor social skills, poor cognitive language skills, distrust of others, over-compliance with authority figures, and tendency to solve interpersonal problems with aggression. (2008, p. 1). Verbal and physical abuse has a cumulative impact on children’s socialization. Abused children are caught in damaged relationships and are not socialized in positive, supportive way (Craig & Dunn, Ex.: 2010, p. 196). They learn defiance, manipulation and other problem behaviors that are used to escape any maltreatment. In turn they will learn to exploit, degrade and terrorize.

          There are many different types of child abuse. There is maltreatment and sexual abuse. Maltreatment is an area that encompasses many different things, such as physical abuse, child neglect, and emotional abuse. Physical abuse may begin with “shaken – baby syndrome” and

Child abuse is an issue within society that effects the lives of not only the victims but also the lives of many people in the social order. Child abuse is any mistreatment or neglect of a child that results in non-accidental injury or harm and which cannot be logically explained. There are several forms of abuse and neglect and many state governments have developed their own legal description of what constitutes child maltreatment for the purposes of removing a child and prosecuting a criminal charge. Child abuse consists of different forms of harm including physical, emotional, sexual, and neglect.

Children who are frequently abused may act as if danger is always present in their life. Research has come up with the statistics that children exposed to abuse are at a more of a risk for emotional and behavioral problems in the future if left unaddressed or ignored. Abused children are robbed of the ability to regulate their emotions, and when they become adults they will continue to struggle with their feelings, leading to an anxiety problem or depression.

Children between the ages of three to five years old are considered to be the most vulnerable to be a victim of sexual abuse. Children need to have supervision at all times, especially during times like changing clothes and bathing. If unsupervised, this can open the door for sexual abuse by the relatives, babysitters, etc. The second risk factor is the socioeconomic status; the offender will notice the child isn’t getting any attention from the family and will manipulate the situation with the child. The perpetrator will offer to buy the child things that the family can’t, listen to the child’s problems and gain their trust. The level of education plays a role, if the child is raised by a single parent and/or if the parents have marital problems. Once trust is established this is when the perpetrator will sexually abuse a child. Lastly, the final part is how well the child knows the perpetrator. The abuse of the child usually has occurred for a long time due to the close relationship between the child and perpetrator. The perpetrator will groom the child and his/her family by doing things for them, which the abuser has been targeting the child for

When a person is abusing a child, he/she does not think about the effects. When people are mistreating a child, they will be in the moment and not thinking of what they are doing. If an individual chronically abuses his/her child, he is not thinking about the effects the abuse has on his child. There are various long and short term effects of child abuse. Unfortunately, these short-term effects of child abuse are not the most frightening; most abused children do not have lasting physical effects. Other than some bruises and social withdrawal, short term effects are not clear. If asked about bruises, children will make up a lie to protect their abuser (Friedman). The effects of being abused as a child continue into adulthood and create the long term effects. The disturbing part is that abused children will most likely grow up to be troubled adolescents and adults who may even abuse their own children.

Children that are in these situations have a trouble interacting with others socially. According to the article "Child Abuse." by American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman. The article states “in 1984 a four-year-old Wisconsin boy, Joshua DeShaney, was beaten so severely by his father that the child became paralyzed and mentally retarded.“ the father was beating his own four-year old child. Also in the same article it stated “and on one

All things considered, Mistreatment and abuse of children can result in emotional effects, drug and alcohol use, and changes in the child’s behavior. According to the World Health Organization, just about 40 million children are victims of child abuse below the age of 15. Sometimes child abuse isn’t and instant effect on the child, the effects may start appearing later within the child’s life as they get older such as the using of the drugs, committing crimes and stuff like that.

When everyone thinks of child abuse most people will say it's horrible but do they really know what it is? Actually, most people don't know how many types of child abuse there are and how it actually affects the child to be a victim of it. May children suffer from anxiety, low self esteem, aggression, defiance, mood swings, and more. Lots of the time it is chalked up as something else and the child is never really helped. Statistics show that less than 1 out of 10

When children are exposed to family violence, it effect the children mentally and physically. It makes kids fearful of other adults or elders. The child could start to lie about the abuse and start to feel that it’s their fault. Which makes them afraid to even talk to their own family about the abuse. It can lead the child to abuse drugs when they get older. Children can even grow up to resent their parents for abusing them or to even let it happen. The child can grow up to feel that it’s ok to hit their loved ones or be

According to the website Childhelp, it says “Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child.” There are many forms of child abuse and some of them are: emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and physical. As I was researching what caught my attention was the stories that were told by parents of the child itself about what happened to them. A story that I found about how a boy was living with this mother and his parents divorced. Over the years, he would be physically abused by his mother and would be scared to be around her. He said that she was doing this out of love, but it kept getting worst as times get by.

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

Child abuse has been the most intriguing issue in most of the third world countries. The primary individual who receives more trauma, humiliation and stigma is the child. Abuse is not a good way to support the growth and development of the children. It is not also supported by the people namely social workers because of the negative effects that it may bring to the children which might reflect in their future self. Moreover, there are programs and organization that promotes the activities against the child abuse.