Myths About Child Abuse

This article gave some of the most common myths stated due to the failure to improve their knowledge about child abuse. It also gave the reality of each scenario. Myth, abuse is only abuse if it becomes violent. Over the course of information I have read, abuse can be in different forms it does not have to be violent. Myth, child abuse occurs in selected areas of society. Child abuse is not selected for where it happens, it just occurs. Child abuse can occur anywhere. That is why it is very important to use prevention strategies to prevent child abuse from occurring in the household or community. Myth, only parents that do not love their children, abuse their children. Parents who abuse their children do love them. However, these parents have a multitude of issues with themselves, …show more content…
Although it is partially true, children usually when sexually abused, are done so by someone they know. Myth, children inflict abuse upon themselves. This is simply false, parents are fully responsible for the abuse. A child is a victim, they do not ask to be abused. Myth, the father is always the abuser. Which is also false, the father does not have to be the abuser, anyone who takes on the act is the abuser. Myth, children easily make-up stories about being abused. A child does not have the cognitive ability to create a story about being abused. It is said if you remove the child, victim, from the adults that are abusing them, you solve the problem. However, the child still loves the adult and does not want to be apart from them, they just want the abuse to end. Lastly, children with disabilities have a lesser chance of being abused than other children without disabilities. Research proved that myth to be incorrect. In actuality, children with disabilities are 3.4 times more likely to be abused than children without disabilities. People have a tendency to make statements about child abuse not knowing the