Signs Of Child Abuse

Child abuse is any kind of harm to a child by any older person or the caregiver of the child. The harm can be physical, emotional or sexual harm. Some forms of child abuse include sexual abuse, neglect, and physical abuse. Some of the signs of child abuse include physical injury or change in the behavior of the child. If one detects the occurrence of child abuse on a child, they can report to the relevant authorities or take personal action of stopping the act. Teachers and parents are better positioned to detect child abuse caused by other people on a child Key words: Child, abuse, neglect, physical, emotional, sexual, harm.

Child abuse is said to have taken place when a child has been harmed. The cause of the harm is when the person responsible for taking care of the child either fails to act causing harm or acts causing harm to the child. The harm can be on the physical body of the child, or emotional. Sexual harm on the child either physically or emotionally is also considered as child abuse. There are different forms in which child abuse can occur. Emotional abuse is when the emotions of the child have been hurt. Hurting the emotions of a child can be through …show more content…
These injuries are mainly not accidental, but they are deliberate actions by the parent, any older person or the guardian of the child to inflict pain on the child. Some sources of physical abuse include any kind of beating or hitting a child, burning or strangling a child. Some of these actions may not be intended on causing harm to the child but are most of the times claimed to be forms of disciplining a child, but there becomes physical abuse when they cause bodily harm to the child. Physical abuse in mainly not as a result of a one-time incident but only become evident once the bodily harm is evident on the child. The biggest indicator of physical abuse is any injury on the body of a child (Childmatters.org.nz,