Child abuse has affected the United States and other countries for a numerous amount of years. This initially became a global issue after seeing the effects of certain types of child abuse. This heinous act does not discriminate. Child abuse affects children of all ages, gender, and race. There are two specific acts of child abuse that have massive effects on children and their lives as a whole. These two types are child abuse are classified as sexual and physical child abuse. Both have a very broad impact on children in various ways.
Child abuse is always going to have a mass effect on children all over the globe especially when they become older. Sexual child abuse has been known to leave dark long term effects on children. According to the …show more content…
When experiencing a dramatic event such as sexual abuse at such a young age children can grow up dealing with these constant memories of this incident causing them to fall out of touch with society. Also, Sexual abuse can cause children to carry many physical changes as well. Some examples are scares, bruises, STD’s, and often a lack of personal hygiene. These are common examples brought on by this horrible action that can ruin a child’s life and scar them with memories they will never forget. There are many cases brought to attention by the media concerning children being sexually abused as well. An article was published in the Indianapolis Star newspaper with the title of “18 Sue USA Gymnastics, MSU, Alleged Negligence”. According to this article there were 18 children who signed onto a lawsuit against Larry Nassar for sexual abuse. This can display that sexual child abuse can happen anywhere, even in an known college club. Nassar was then charged with three acounts of first degree criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 13. This crime can destroy a child's life forever. Most …show more content…
If this abuse is physical, sexuaul, or emotional it still has the same effects on children and how they will grow up in their lives. With a worldwide effort we can see the cases of child abuse decrease with more strict laws pertaining to child abuse. We can also see more centers for children offering a safe haven from being abused. The act of child abuse is damaging to families and children all over the globe, but when will it
Child abuse is always going to have a mass effect on children all over the globe especially when they become older. Sexual child abuse has been known to leave dark long term effects on children. According to the …show more content…
When experiencing a dramatic event such as sexual abuse at such a young age children can grow up dealing with these constant memories of this incident causing them to fall out of touch with society. Also, Sexual abuse can cause children to carry many physical changes as well. Some examples are scares, bruises, STD’s, and often a lack of personal hygiene. These are common examples brought on by this horrible action that can ruin a child’s life and scar them with memories they will never forget. There are many cases brought to attention by the media concerning children being sexually abused as well. An article was published in the Indianapolis Star newspaper with the title of “18 Sue USA Gymnastics, MSU, Alleged Negligence”. According to this article there were 18 children who signed onto a lawsuit against Larry Nassar for sexual abuse. This can display that sexual child abuse can happen anywhere, even in an known college club. Nassar was then charged with three acounts of first degree criminal sexual conduct with a person below the age of 13. This crime can destroy a child's life forever. Most …show more content…
If this abuse is physical, sexuaul, or emotional it still has the same effects on children and how they will grow up in their lives. With a worldwide effort we can see the cases of child abuse decrease with more strict laws pertaining to child abuse. We can also see more centers for children offering a safe haven from being abused. The act of child abuse is damaging to families and children all over the globe, but when will it