“A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds”, says an article giving different types of statistics about child abuse, called “Child abuse Statistics & Facts” (Childhelp). Children everywhere are suffering from an abusive parent or guardian. Most children don’t want to admit to it or report it because their guardian threatens to abuse them more, or even kill them if they do. According to Childhelp, “the United States has one of the worst records among industrialized nations”. This means that compared to most other countries, America has the largest amount of abused children. However, the parents or guardians would likely not admit to abusing their children, because they don’t view it as abuse. Parents or guardians that abuse their children
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Some parents or guardians would not see how they are abusing their child. Some think slapping their children, or even pushing them is not a form of abuse. The article “Brain Gain” by Margaret Talbot, talks about a man that abuses his prescription drug. “I stopped short of memorizing the entire dictionary, and to be really good you have to get up to either- and nine-letter words” (Talbot 272). The man used a drug called Provigil to become better at the game of Scrabble. There is a line that needs to be drawn for abuse. For the man, he only wanted to become better, but abused the drug. For child abuse, the line needs to be drawn between what is, and isn’t abuse. Adequate forms of discipline, such as spanking, are not considered abuse. However, if discipline is not necessary, it can be considered abuse. Some cases of abuse are so extreme that the guardian cannot pass it off as discipline, for example, hitting a child with a metal pan instead of spanking them. If abusive parents who do not realize they are abusive, knew where to draw the line many family issues could be prevented or …show more content…
While they think their words mean nothing, their child might take offence to these words and feel hurt, which shows that it’s the little things that matter. A form of child abuse could be their guardian emotionally abusing them. Even if the guardian thinks it’s nothing, it’s the little things that matter most. Most people think of emotional abuse being limited to saying things to put someone down. However, not letting a child go out and enjoy their childhood is also a way of emotionally abusing someone. Some guardians don’t allow their child to go out and play with their friends. This means that the guardian is controlling their child, which is a form of emotional abuse. When a child is emotionally neglected, they grow up to not want to trust other people, and not want to open up to others. In the article “The Branding of Learning”, the author, Naomi Klein, interviewed the principal of an Atlanta, Georgia school about Coke Day at their school. “’I know it sounds bad-’Child suspended for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke Day’” (Klein 107). The little action of a senior in high school wearing Pepsi shirt on Coke Day had set off the principal and caused him to get suspended. Such a small action caused such a large consequence. This can be applied to some parent’s actions. They may believe that their actions are insignificant or will not make an impact on their child’s life,
Some parents or guardians would not see how they are abusing their child. Some think slapping their children, or even pushing them is not a form of abuse. The article “Brain Gain” by Margaret Talbot, talks about a man that abuses his prescription drug. “I stopped short of memorizing the entire dictionary, and to be really good you have to get up to either- and nine-letter words” (Talbot 272). The man used a drug called Provigil to become better at the game of Scrabble. There is a line that needs to be drawn for abuse. For the man, he only wanted to become better, but abused the drug. For child abuse, the line needs to be drawn between what is, and isn’t abuse. Adequate forms of discipline, such as spanking, are not considered abuse. However, if discipline is not necessary, it can be considered abuse. Some cases of abuse are so extreme that the guardian cannot pass it off as discipline, for example, hitting a child with a metal pan instead of spanking them. If abusive parents who do not realize they are abusive, knew where to draw the line many family issues could be prevented or …show more content…
While they think their words mean nothing, their child might take offence to these words and feel hurt, which shows that it’s the little things that matter. A form of child abuse could be their guardian emotionally abusing them. Even if the guardian thinks it’s nothing, it’s the little things that matter most. Most people think of emotional abuse being limited to saying things to put someone down. However, not letting a child go out and enjoy their childhood is also a way of emotionally abusing someone. Some guardians don’t allow their child to go out and play with their friends. This means that the guardian is controlling their child, which is a form of emotional abuse. When a child is emotionally neglected, they grow up to not want to trust other people, and not want to open up to others. In the article “The Branding of Learning”, the author, Naomi Klein, interviewed the principal of an Atlanta, Georgia school about Coke Day at their school. “’I know it sounds bad-’Child suspended for wearing a Pepsi shirt on Coke Day’” (Klein 107). The little action of a senior in high school wearing Pepsi shirt on Coke Day had set off the principal and caused him to get suspended. Such a small action caused such a large consequence. This can be applied to some parent’s actions. They may believe that their actions are insignificant or will not make an impact on their child’s life,