Abstract
Little Abused Souls: The Truth About Physical Abuse
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 (“The Issue of Child Abuse”). “While child abuse is not exclusively a twentieth century phenomenon, it was not until 1967 that some states began adopting mandatory reporting laws, and now all states have these laws.” As the quote states, child abuse wasn’t a major issue until the late 1960’s. Most people feel like it still isn’t a problem today. Many people fail to realize that all forms of abuse, physical, emotional, and sexual, take a toll of those being abused. Physical abuse, though, may be the most harmful of the three.
Little Abused Souls: The Truth About Physical Abuse
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 (“The Issue of Child Abuse”). “While child abuse is not exclusively a twentieth century phenomenon, it was not until 1967 that some states began adopting mandatory reporting laws, and now all states have these laws.” As the quote states, child abuse wasn’t a major issue until the late 1960’s. Most people feel like it still isn’t a problem today. Many people fail to realize that all forms of abuse, physical, emotional, and sexual, take a toll of those being abused. Physical abuse, though, may be the most harmful of the three.