Child Abuse Children are enthusiastic creatures that are upbeat and interactive. When a child has the failure to thrive it can catch one 's attention that something is wrong. Child abuse is a physical and mental neglect. Although there are parents or caregivers that may discipline their kids, there 's a thin line between fear and respect. The issue itself is a terrible epidemic that needs awareness of the situation. Yearly more than 3.6 million referrals are made to child protection agencies involving more than 6.6 million children (“child maltreatment”). Child abuse occurs in all racial, economic, and cultural lines. It doesn 't matter where you come from anybody can be a victim of the situation. Regardless of the type of child
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There are many major differences between discipline and abuse. I have never considered myself as a victim of child abuse and I 've always thought that I deserved to be punished for the silly things I did. As I got older I started to realize that it isn 't right to get punched for spilling juice on the kitchen floor or getting beaten with a broom handle because your big head is blocking the television. There are other ways than hitting to teach children right from wrong. It wasn 't until my mother decided to push me down on my knees, bend me over the chair, sat on my back and beat me with a wooden paddle that I notice this is child abuse. In my family, you were lucky to get beaten with a belt or hit by the hand because it was less invasive. My siblings and I never got hit with the same object more than twice. There came to a point in time when my mom went outside …show more content…
Most parents don 't neglect their child intentionally, in fact, many were themselves abused and neglected. When a parent drinks massive amounts of alcohol or experiments with drugs he/she is more likely to neglect their children. Researchers from “Administration for Children and Families” propose that factors of parenting stem from the parents ' own developmental history and psychological well-being, characteristics of the family and child, and coping strategies and resources. Neglect is the most common of child abuse because it involves physical, emotional, psychological, or even educational harm. For example, it would be a neglect for a parent to leave their toddler at home alone with no ventilation or food for a long period of time. Since neglect is a silent problem it is sometimes called the quieter child abuse. In 2005, almost 900,000 children were victims of maltreatment. More than 63 percent were victims of neglect. Less than 12 percent of substantiated cases involved child sexual abuse. Further, while child abuse steadily declined from 1990 to 2005,
There are many major differences between discipline and abuse. I have never considered myself as a victim of child abuse and I 've always thought that I deserved to be punished for the silly things I did. As I got older I started to realize that it isn 't right to get punched for spilling juice on the kitchen floor or getting beaten with a broom handle because your big head is blocking the television. There are other ways than hitting to teach children right from wrong. It wasn 't until my mother decided to push me down on my knees, bend me over the chair, sat on my back and beat me with a wooden paddle that I notice this is child abuse. In my family, you were lucky to get beaten with a belt or hit by the hand because it was less invasive. My siblings and I never got hit with the same object more than twice. There came to a point in time when my mom went outside …show more content…
Most parents don 't neglect their child intentionally, in fact, many were themselves abused and neglected. When a parent drinks massive amounts of alcohol or experiments with drugs he/she is more likely to neglect their children. Researchers from “Administration for Children and Families” propose that factors of parenting stem from the parents ' own developmental history and psychological well-being, characteristics of the family and child, and coping strategies and resources. Neglect is the most common of child abuse because it involves physical, emotional, psychological, or even educational harm. For example, it would be a neglect for a parent to leave their toddler at home alone with no ventilation or food for a long period of time. Since neglect is a silent problem it is sometimes called the quieter child abuse. In 2005, almost 900,000 children were victims of maltreatment. More than 63 percent were victims of neglect. Less than 12 percent of substantiated cases involved child sexual abuse. Further, while child abuse steadily declined from 1990 to 2005,