The Four Types Of Child Abuse

Child Abuse is, “any form of physical, psychological, social, emotional or sexual maltreatment of a child whereby the survival, safety, self-esteem, growth and development of the child are endangered. There are four main types of child abuse: neglect, emotional, physical and sexual.” (http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/ccaps-spcca/chi-enf-eng.htm). Child abuse happens more often than most people are aware of. Each year, there’s approximately 1.25 million American children abused. Child abuse is likely to cause permanent effects and scarcities (2,c). In 2010, 9.98 children per 1000 children were abused (2h). Culprits of child abuse are often connected with the child in some way. The abuser could be anyone the child knows, whether it’s from their …show more content…
This occurs because they doubt their emotions and are scared they’ll lose control. Abused victims have trouble establishing a sense of trust and safety. Relationships that children make are manifested throughout their lives by how they treat others and create relationships. Abused victims manage their relationships in a few ways; they are either loving, caring and reliant, or they are independent and autonomous. While victims of child abuse should have been able to trust adults with whom they have a close relationship, those children experienced rejection and disloyalty. Out of the life lasting negative effects on victims of child abuse, a lack of intimate relationships is one of the most significant. Children who were abused by their parents lose the ideas that all their essential needs will get met reliably by their parents. Abused victims have trouble keeping relationships as they’re scared they’ll be overpowered. This results from having difficulty in knowing who is honest. Abused victims don’t get into intimate relationships as they require love and honesty, and abused individuals are not comfortable with these characteristics. This is because they have learned from experience not to trust anyone close to them and they don’t protect them. Victims of child abuse become suspicious of their husband/wife because they lack security and trust. Victims of …show more content…
Child abuse can cause children to experience stress, abandonment and denial. Due to poor parental practices, victims of abuse learn to present neutral emotions when feeling needy to their parents to prevent rejection. Abused children have cynical expectations and views around confidence, honesty, security and power. Abused children have difficulty learning about and accepting themselves and others. Victims of child abuse don’t know how to make friends and are scared of individuals because they don’t have an understanding of themselves and others. Abused children don’t have many friends as they tend to scare others because it’s difficult for them to regulate their emotions. Child abuse scars children and also makes it difficult to have healthy interactions. Abused victims suffer from depression, anxiety, etc. due to feelings getting ignored, and so abused children can’t convey their feelings to maintain