There have been many stories of children being abused sexually, physically, or being neglected by parents and close family friends. This is not okay. Over 700,000 children are abused in the United States annually. Child Protective Services starts …show more content…
When child back talks or does something that their parent or guardian finds disrespectful, they are hit by many things, including belts, hangers, brushes, and so on. Many parents see this as a proper form of punishment. Many people also believe that there shouldn’t be more funding for child abuse because the money could be going elsewhere, like to feeding the homeless. It is also said that they don’t want to fund it more because it is hard to tell if and when a child is being abused. Kids often times won’t admit to being abused especially if it is someone close to them. By spanking or hitting your kids it allows them to become stronger as a person. It molds them to be able to handle hard things in …show more content…
If there is a way to prevent these violent beginnings then violent behavior will not be as much of a problem.Money that goes to child abuse prevention other than other sources is not money lost. By putting in more money for the children to not be put in these situations or be pulled out of them it would make the world safer. “In all cases from people that were encountered in jail, their criminal behavior was linked to multiple adversities from early in their lives” (Chandre 1). This shows that kids being abused as children often grow up to be criminals. If money were to go to organizations to prevent this, then there wouldn’t be as many criminals on the