CHILD ABUSE

Child Abuse

Child Abuse

Introduction

The term child abuse can be described as any damaging or unpleasant contact on the body of a child, and any contact to those results in humiliation, embarrassment, or threat to the child. Child abuse is the controlled acts that result in the physical or emotional damage of children. The period “child abuse” covers distinct range of behavior, from physical assault by parents or guardians to neglecting a child. Child abuse is incorrect, and God did not create children for adults to abuse. They are blessings, not burdens. There is child abuse in the world because of ignorant persons who want to seem mighty, so they beat on little kids and these kids believe that aggression against children is okay because their parents did it to them. They learn incorrect ways to parent a child, and this has to stop. It is destroying our country.

Definition

The child abuse can be further categorized into four major parts; physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. Here, we are emphasizing on sexual abuse in which the child is forcefully engaged in sexual activities, whether the level of violence is low or high. Such activities may include physical attack (rape or oral sex) or non-penetrative actions such as rubbing, touching, etc (Furniss, 2010). Child abuse may also contain non-contact actions like involving or forcing a child in watching or producing sexual pictures, motivating a child to adopt sexually unsuitable behavior, etc. The dilemma of child sexual abuse is something serious for our community, state, and the entire nation. It is estimated that before reaching the 18 years of age, one out four girls and one out of six boys will be subjected to sexual abuse. Amazingly, out of these victims less than one out of 10 will report the incident.

Discussion

There are four main types of abuse: physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. Neglect is the most popular kind of abuse (Botash, 2010). There are two types of neglect: physical and emotional. With physical neglect, a parent fails to supply physical things, like nourishment, medical care and shelter. Emotional neglect is when a parent fails to solace the child or not pay attention to them. This includes being affectionate to them or allowing them to use alcohol or drugs. Physical abuse is intentional acts of aggression that can hurt or even murder children. Signs of physical abuse may encompass unexplained bruises, set alight marks or broken bones. Sexual abuse is when adults use children for sexual satisfaction or force them into sexual activities. It may start with kissing and/or fondling and progress to more indulging acts, like oral sex or intercourse. Emotional abuse is when an adult destroys a child's self-esteem. You can manage this by repeated verbal abuse in the forms of shouts, threats, humiliating or degrading criticism. Other types of emotional abuse are confinement, like shutting children in a dark closet or basement, and what is called social isolation. Social isolation is like when an adult denies the child to ...