The Epidemic Of Child Abuse And Neglect

People need to be more aware about child abuse. Child abuse is a terrible thing to do to children. Child abuse is when a parent whether through action or failing to act, injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many types of abuses. There are physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Physical abuse is making contact with the child. Sexual abuse is when a child is used for sexual acts or sexual purposes. Emotional abuse is when a child is affected by mental and by emotions. Each abuse as a percentage that was been reported. For physical abuse is 28.6% of adults report being physically abused as a child. Sexual abuse 20.7% of adults report being sexually abused as a child. Emotional abuse 10.6% of adults report being emotionally abused as a child.

Emotional abuse may include screaming, yelling, biting, name-calling, lack of love/affection, and so on. Children may be emotionally scarred when the y are labeled as stupid, ugly, crazy, or unwanted. Emotional abuse includes acts of omission by the child’s primary caregivers that could cause behavioral, emotional, or mental disorders. In some cases of emotional abuse the child’s caregiver may use excessive and bizarre forms of punishment like torture, or locking a child in a dark closet. These things emphasize the need for the intervention of The Child Protective Services.

Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. There are four major categories: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and child sexual abuse (Levi, Lo, Selby, and Vandenburg). Neglect is a passive form of abuse in which a perpetrator is responsible to

What is child abuse? From the word “abuse” we can understand that it is some sort of a maltreatment of a child, causing harm and damage both to his physical and psychological well-being. At the Federal level, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) describes child abuse and neglect 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.” Child abuse is a very substantial and widely spread problem in U.S. affecting children of any age, gender, race, background or income, with more than 1.8 million investigations done every year and on average, killing more than 5 children every day. The main issue of child abuse is that the abuser is usually someone a child loves or depends on (a parent, sibling, coach, neighbor, etc.), who violates child’s trust putting personal interests first, therefore official numbers of how many children suffer maltreatment might be not accurate enough as remarkable amount of these cases go unreported. Each case of child abuse is unique, with a lot of individual factors involved, nevertheless, we can distinguish some of the common causes, such as poverty, lack of education, depression, mental or physical health

Every day children around the world are being abused by their parents, trusted adult, caregiver and peers. Children are constantly suffering when there are things that everyone as a community can do help them. Psychologists, social workers and the victims to childhood abuse have studied and worked together to establish precautionary measures to execute child abuse all together.

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.

The experiences we have as children shapes our behaviors and they way our brains function as adults. Child abuse and neglect is a hidden epidemic that not everyone fully understands or knows about its existence. Every year three million reports are made against child abuse; more than six million children are affected annually. The United States carries one one the highest records of child abuse among industrialized countries. Abuse can be in many forms: physical, emotional, and sexual. Child abuse can cause many harmful heath issues in children. Mental heath disorders, sexual and reproductive health issues, and behavioral health (criminal behaviors) can all be a result of experiencing abuse as a child. Child abuse is more prevalent in children

Child abuse is on the rise in the United States right now. Children are being abused even before birth with the mothers smoking, drinking and doing drugs. When I was a child I remember going to school and watching kids cry because their parents beat them before sending them off to school. Child abuse is not just being beat. Abuse to a child is when you beat them, don’t feed or clothe them, leave them at home alone at a very young age with no adult supervision, death or serious harm. Sex abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and exploitation are many forms of the maltreatment of

Child abuse is the “saddest and most tragic problem” in the United States today (Child Abuse). Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than 6 million children. Victims range from ages of a few weeks to late teenage years.

What is child abuse? Child abuse is the maltreatments by physically ,mentally, or emotionally get abuse a child. Child abuse is a purposeful act of non-accidental commission on someone who is under the age of eighteen. Child abuse can happen inside or outside a home. Some child abuse can be committed by a parent or close relative. Child abuse could be considered if they end up watching domestic violence because it can hurt a child emotionally. A child who is born addicted to narcotics is part of child abuse. Child abuse can be emotional, mental, sexual, or physical. (Capeless, D. F. 2008, October 27).

INTRODUCTION: “Child Abuse occurs when a parent or a care taker physically, emotionally, or sexually mistreats or neglects a child resulting in the physical, emotional, or sexual harm or imminent risk of harm or exploitation, or in extreme cases the death of a child,” child abuse is a big deal because in today’s society many children face abuse, there are many effects and reasons as to why a child may be abuse.

Looking at the statistics of child abuse in 2005 child abuse was on a rise according to NCANDS who latest statistics showed that in 2005 and estimated 3.3 million referrals of child abuse and neglect were received by public social services and or child protective service agencies. Of those referrals 899,000 children were confirmed to be victims of child abuse and or neglect (U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). Which meant that 12 out of every 1,000 children up to age 18 in the United States were to be found victims of maltreatment in 2005(USDHHS, 2007). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse#U.S._statistics)

Child abuse is a topic that not many feel comfortable discussing. It goes to reason then, that the abuse one has faced during their childhood is a topic that is also rarely discussed. When a person brings up the situations in which they had been abused as a child, many people will uncomfortably change the subject while giving their condolences. However, childhood abuse can greatly affect future of the adults who have suffered it. Abuse is defined by the Oxford Dictionary (2017) as: cruel and violent treatment of a person or animal. There are three main types of abuse: physical abuse which involves physically harming, psychological abuse which involves verbal abuse (threats, insults, refusal to communicate, etc.) and an array of other acts,

Child abuse is a serious matter in the United States and many other countries. Child abuse can occur in a variety of setting, such as at home, at school, or any other public or private place. Grown men and women mainly aim for young children because they think the young children are clueless and naïve, and that they don’t know any better. The people who commits this act think the young child cannot put up a fight and they will probably forget what occurred. (Smith). To duce high child abuse rates in America, more organizations should be created by the government, and awareness assemblies should be held in schools.

First, the different ways of abuse. The most common type of maltreatment is physical abuse. “Physical abuse is when a parent causes any non-accidental physical injury to a child. About 28.3% of adults reported to be physically abused as a child.” (www.childhelp.org ). The next most common type of abuse is sexual abuse. “Sexual abuse is when an adult uses a child for sexual purposes or involves a child in sexual acts. The percent of adults that reported to be sexual abused was 20.7% of adults.” (www.childhelp.org ) The last and least common abuse, but still happens is emotional abuse and neglect. “This is when a parent rejects, ignores, humiliates, isolates, terrorizes, and corrupts a child. Ten percent less of adults reported to be emotionally abused or neglected rather than physically or sexually, 10.6% of adults were neglected and emotionally abused.” (www.childhelp.org ). These types of maltreatment can lead to