There are different types of child abuse, such as;
-Physical abuse
-Sexual abuse
-Emotional abuse
-Neglect
-Intellectual
-Bullying
Any type of abuse can leave you feeling distracted and alone. It allows you to feel isolated from everyone, this can ruin relationships with family, friends. It lowers self esteem, and prevents you from being able to focus. It can leave you feeling guilty. The children are vulnerable, they don’t realise that what is happening, is wrong. They often find it tough to talk to anyone about it.
Physical abuse is any form of negative abuse; this is anything like-
-Hitting
-Smacking
-Suffocating/Strangling
-Scratching
-Broken Limbs
-Cuts
-Burning
-Bites
This includes any injuries that can't be explained or that have
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The symptoms include;
-Marks
-Hand prints
The Signs are;
-Being Distracted
-Changes in personality
-Sudden outbursts of anger
-Feeling isolated
-Changes in behaviour
-Stress
-Low self esteem
-Anxiety
Emotional abuse is verbal abuse, which doesn’t include any physical contact or harm. Which is another form of abandoning or failing to live up to a child's needs. Every child needs to feel wanted and appreciated, or their self esteem goes down and this causes them to feel distracted and not loved.
This includes;
-Ignoring
-Humiliating
-Isolating
-Name calling
-Constant disapproval
-Bullying
Signs are;
-Low self esteem
-Lowered confidence
-Stress
-Anxiety
-Lost interest
-Left feeling isolated
-Changes in behaviour
Neglect
Neglect is failing to support their child, and not giving the child what it needs.
This includes;
-Poor hygiene
-Starvation
-Ignoring
-Continually late to school
-Change in attitudes
-Changes in
Emotional abuse is the continuous maltreatment of a child's emotional state, this can be through psychological abuse that can effect the child’s health and development. Emotional abuse can also be through deliberately humiliating a child, ignoring, scaring and isolating a child. Emotional abuse can be hard to see in a child as changes in a child’s behaviour is normal as they grow and develop. However some signs to look out for are having a lack of confidence and being
Emotional Abuse – pattern of behaviour that ruins a child’s emotional development or sense of self-worth. This may include constant criticism, threats, or rejection, as well as withholding love, support or guidance. Emotional abuse is often difficult to prove.
Emotional abuse – involves the persistent psychological mistreatment of a child and may include making the child feel inadequate, unloved or worthless, imposing inappropriate developmental expectations on a child, threatening, taunting or humiliating the child or exploiting or corrupting
Emotional abuse is any kind of abuse that is emotional rather than physical in nature.
Sexual abuse is the forced and undesired sexual behaviour from one person onto another and/or sexual activity that can be deemed as inappropriate and/or harmful
Emotional child abuse is a pattern of behaviour that attacks a child's emotional development and their overall sense of well-being. This can include excessive or aggressive and unreasonable demands that can put expectations on a child beyond that of their capability. For example, three-year olds cannot be expected to be able to sit quietly for an extended period of time, due to the fact that they just simply do not have the physical control of their bodies yet. However still, you would find many parents placing this unrealistic expectation on a young child, only to end up getting frustrated due to the lack of the child's compliance.
Neglect: parents who cannot meet a child’s basic daily needs such as; hygiene, hunger, clothing and shelter. This can cause the child’s health to worsen and for their development to suffer. The child can also be left with people who cannot properly care for them. Signs and symptoms:
Emotional abuse: is the persistent emotional maltreatment of a child such as to
Emotional abuse can be described as constantly mistreating a child and therefore affecting their emotional state and development.
Emotional abuse involves a pattern of behavior that impairs a child’s emotional development or sense of self-worth. Examples of emotional abuse can include constant criticism, threats, and withholding love, and affection. Emotional abuse is often difficult to prove, but is almost always present in most cases when other forms of abuse are identified (Martin
both examples of physical abuse. Emotional abuse is continued mistreatment emotionally toward a child. Emotional abuse can be acts like threatening, frightening, belittling, hostile treatment or terrorizing. Examples of emotional abuse could be a parent calling his or her child names or threatening a child if he or she does not meet the parent’s expectations. Another example of emotional abuse would be terrorizing a child causing them to feel unsafe like in situations that will physically harm him or her (Hibbard et al. 373).
The results indicate that majority of the participants have experienced one or more of the 7 categories of childhood abuse. Fifty-two percent of the participants reportedly experienced 1 or more categories of the childhood abuse while 6.2% reportedly experienced 4 or more categories of childhood abuse. The most dominant exposure among these childhood abuse categories was substance abuse (25.6%) while the least reported exposure was criminal activity within the household (3.4%). The result finding shows strong association between the numbers of exposure to childhood abuse and health risk behavior when compared to non-exposed population. The research results also show that exposure to childhood categories is directly proportional to health risk
Mental abuse is a side effect that comes from physical and sexual abuse that has happened to a child. The children that has been abused have symptoms of what they went through, like nightmares and can be frighten very easily and can lead to other things. This can stem from a parent or guardian telling that child they are not worthy or talking down to them. People know other abuses to be visible to the eye like physical abuse but what they don't know is that mental abuse is just as damaging. Mental abuse can be a lifelong effect and can also take multiple ways to recover, if even possible. “In 2005, 1,460 children died from abuse or neglect, with about 64,000 also psychologically or emotionally abused” (Tips On How To Prevent Emotional Child Abuse). Children can get treatment to help recover from their abuse or cope with their abuse. The child can be put into therapy and talk about all the things that has happened to them. “Children who are abused are often afraid to complain because they are fearful that they will be blamed or that no one will believe them” (Child Abuse | Psychology Today). It’s hard for children to handle the abuse it, and they harm theirself or start to behavior in a manner that is the complete opposite of who they really are. Sexual abuse can cause a girl to think she’s not worth anything and start going around and sleeping with more men or can even cause them to
Physical abuse is when a parent or caregiver causes any kind of physical injury to a child. physical abuse includes whipping , biting , kicking and choking. physical abuse can result in broken bones, brain damage , emotional and psychological harm. There are several reasons why adults or caregivers abuse children . one reason can be that the adult or caregiver was abused by their parents when they were children so when they grow up they choose to abuse children like they were abused. another reason can be as in a form of punishment or disciplinary action . some parents or caregivers think pain to kids can get them to listen and act right when they have bad behavior. “Signs of physical abuse in a caregiver or parent are , can 't or won’t explain injury
There are many different forms of child sexual abuse. Sexual abuse can be perpetrated by a relative or a stranger. But the most common of sexual abuse is committed by a beloved relative. Ratican (1992) defines childhood sexual abuse is a sexual act performed over and over between an adult and child (1992). The effects of childhood sexual abuse can last into adulthood and effect the way that a person thinks or their outlook of life.