Child abuse isn’t anything new. It’s been in human history since the beginning of time. From selling children to forcing them to work as hard labor for money, people have always done it. But why hasn’t it stopped? Most people are not educated in it. Not in the senses that they don’t know what it is, but that they don’t know how to spot it or what to do when they find out about it. It’s something everyone knows about but nobody really talks about. It’s understandable, it’s a difficult subject. However, people need to know how to see it and what to do about it. There are three categories of abuse, and the signs both behaviorally and physically vary.
The first type of abuse is physical abuse. Physical abuse is when someone uses physical force …show more content…
It cause major mental damage. Some of the mental effects of child abuse or neglect are; anxiety, depression, dissociation, difficulty concentrating, academic problems in schools, withdrawn and/or difficulty connecting with others, flashbacks, increased hypervigilance, and difficulty sleeping (Joyful Heart). Childhood physical and sexual abuse can cause medical diseases or increases risk of having three or more medical diseases, cardiovascular in women (asca), it will cause lower rates in marriage and lower levels of social support or an increased risk of living alone, and behavioral health effects such as suicidal behavior, increased likelihood of smoking, substance abuse, and physical activity …show more content…
Internationally, 40 million children are subjected to child abuse each year. Ark Hope for Children states that in the US alone, every 10 seconds a child is abused or raped, 3.3 million child abuse reports were made in 2010, for every report, two more go unreported which means that more children are abused annually than we know of, 61,000 reports to CPS per week which means about 6 per minute are made (Ark). This shows that it’s not a small issue. Ark also stated that of the 1.5 million runaway, 85% are fleeing from some form of abuse, only 10% of kids abused did NOT know their abuser. This shows that most of the abuse happens within homes, with people the children are supposed to trust. It’s also not specific to gender or race. About 48% of victims are male, and 52% are female and every race and religion sees child abuse (Ark). Within one school, you could probably see 100 cases because 1 in 10 children suffer from child maltreatment, 1 in 16 children suffer from sexual abuse, and 1 in 10 children are a witness for family
The first type of abuse is physical abuse. Physical abuse is when someone uses physical force …show more content…
It cause major mental damage. Some of the mental effects of child abuse or neglect are; anxiety, depression, dissociation, difficulty concentrating, academic problems in schools, withdrawn and/or difficulty connecting with others, flashbacks, increased hypervigilance, and difficulty sleeping (Joyful Heart). Childhood physical and sexual abuse can cause medical diseases or increases risk of having three or more medical diseases, cardiovascular in women (asca), it will cause lower rates in marriage and lower levels of social support or an increased risk of living alone, and behavioral health effects such as suicidal behavior, increased likelihood of smoking, substance abuse, and physical activity …show more content…
Internationally, 40 million children are subjected to child abuse each year. Ark Hope for Children states that in the US alone, every 10 seconds a child is abused or raped, 3.3 million child abuse reports were made in 2010, for every report, two more go unreported which means that more children are abused annually than we know of, 61,000 reports to CPS per week which means about 6 per minute are made (Ark). This shows that it’s not a small issue. Ark also stated that of the 1.5 million runaway, 85% are fleeing from some form of abuse, only 10% of kids abused did NOT know their abuser. This shows that most of the abuse happens within homes, with people the children are supposed to trust. It’s also not specific to gender or race. About 48% of victims are male, and 52% are female and every race and religion sees child abuse (Ark). Within one school, you could probably see 100 cases because 1 in 10 children suffer from child maltreatment, 1 in 16 children suffer from sexual abuse, and 1 in 10 children are a witness for family