Child abuse is a global yet complicated problem that happens in families. It is a state of emotional, physical, economic and sexual maltreatment assigned to adolescents who are under eighteen years old and is global occurrence phenomenon. According to Children Young Persons and their Families Act, child abuse is defined as harming, ill-treatment and neglect of any child or adolescent and resulting harm to a child’s health, development in the context of a relationship or responsibility and trust. Nowadays, we always read and hear a lot of news about child abuse happening in our world. In fact, the number of child abuse increases since days gone by. There are various types of abuse that many people do not familiar with, which are emotional …show more content…
The people we knew have a higher chance to be the abusers compare to strangers. For example, abusers can either from our family or others that are close to us. The most important is not every abused child grown up to be an abuser. There are some survivors of child abuse who have a strong personality which draws them to protect their children against domestic violence.
First of all, let’s start with emotional abuse. Emotional abuse underlies the ongoing emotional maltreatment or emotional neglect of a child. It is the most common form of child abuse but also the most difficult for the social workers or other professionals to observe or diagnose. Many parents are emotionally abusive without being violent or sexually abusive. However, their parenting style may be portrayed by over aggressive towards their beloved children, include shouting, intimidation, or manipulating their children with more exquisite mean, such as emotional blackmail.
Emotional abuse does not only occur in the house. Children can be emotionally abuse by their teachers of other adults in a position of power over the child. In addition, children can also be emotionally abused by other children who is in the same age or slightly older in the form of bullying. Chronic emotional abuse is a very serious case in school that will cause harm to victimised
The incidence of child abuse and neglect has increased dramatically in the past 25 years; the statistics have risen over 130% since 1980 with 1993 being the first year since 1972 in which the number was less than the previous year. Throughout the years child abuse has had a greater impact on the United States and more thorough research has been brought out. The United States has one of the worst records among industrialized nations, losing more than four children on average every day to child abuse and neglect.(cite source) Among the many forms of child abuse are emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Physical abuse has statistically been in the lead since the 1980’s at 45%, while emotional abuse has been at 22% and sexual abuse has been at
In her book, she explains to professionals and mothers on how to see and attend to children. Not only does she refer to some of her colleagues who have experienced and felt the sadness within the children’s voice, but also seen the causes and the positive and negative influence of neglect and abuse. The book is all about policies that help in the safeguard of children and also how the community can understand and relate to these kids. Finally, she explains the process of child protection and how treatment is to be administered to the affected
Describe the actions to take if a child or young person alleges harm or abuse in line who policies and procedures of own setting. If a child alleges harm or abuse it is vital that the person that they tell are trained to deal with this effectively so that the child can be reassured that they have done the right thing and that the allegation can be acted upon. The school at which I work provides regular Safeguarding training to all staff which refers to policies such as Keeping Children Safe in Education, as well as providing practical advice to all staff in the event of a disclosure.
It focuses on the death from abuse and neglect of nearly 68% of children 4 years old and younger. The consequences of child maltreatment can be severely damaging to a child and can result in poor health, depression, cancer, premature death, and substance abuse into adulthood. It talks about the different type of abuse and neglect whether physical, medical, educational, emotional and sexual. Abandonment is the most common type of commitment in contradiction of children. It also focuses on the solutions and outcomes of helping new parents gain knowledge of basic parenting skills by matching new families with trained nurses or
There are several types of abuse, I will discuss, physical, emotional, neglect, sexual. I will also analyse the factors that are implemented to assist the health and social care setting. I will define seven forms of abuse Physical abuse can be
The Wounded Heart The book The Wounded Heart is a book written for the purpose of offering hope for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse. The book examines the reality there are so many victims of sexual abuse who are now adults, and are still suffering the consequences of the abuse they encounter as child, and how these sexual abuse have not only destroy their trust in people, but it has damage their current relationships, how it has impacted their dreams for the future, it has caused people to suffer from anxiety, depression, stress, anger, how it has made them feel with a sense of guilt and shame, even though it was not their fault. This book takes a look at the issues related to sexual abuse, while also looking for God for peace and
In most cases a child can experience two or more forms of abuse at once anytime in life no matter the age, gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic
Abuse is another thing that has been linked, to problems in a child 's development. The earlier abuse and neglect occur in a child 's life the more severe the impact. Furthermore, the stage of development, while the abuse occurs will influence the type and severity of the consequences. Additionally, the more chronic and long lasting the abuse and neglect, the more harmful it is. When the abuse and neglect are caused, by parents or another significant figure a child, becomes confused because their supposed source of safety is the source of their harm.(Frederico 343).
In terms of emotions, the child may be on the “baseline of unease, intermediate states of anxiety or extreme panic, fury and despair” (108). This may be because of an unsteady attachment in childhood due to the fact that most child abuse happen in a family-like environment. Herman mentions that the emotional and behavioral impact of chronic child abuse go hand in hand. People who experience chronic child abuse or neglect believe that the only way to end the emotional state that they are in is through self injury (109). The earlier on in childhood the abuse or neglect was, the more repetitive and severe the self harm is (109).
It’s used to control and subjugate a spouse or intimate partner. Usually an emotional abuser takes into these actions because they have insecurities they haven’t dealt with and even events that took place in their childhood days. Emotional abuse damages your confidence, self -esteem, and independence. This type of abuse can surprisingly be more elusive than physical abuse. It can be taken so far that the victims suffer from depression, anxiety, and post - traumatic stress disorder.
"Child Abuse and Neglect" says that Physical abuse can include "striking a child with the hand, fist, or foot or with an object, burning, shaking, pushing, or throwing a child; pinching or biting the child, pulling a child by the hair or cutting off a child’s air." However, physical abuse is considered to be a use of punishment in wrecked as well as normal families such as the use of physical force with the intent of inflicting bodily pain, but not injury, for the purpose of correction or control or discipline. Yet, there is a thin line between physical punishment and abuse which many parents seem to lack notice of. "Child Abuse and Neglect" explains that the level of force used by an angry or frustrated parent can easily get out of hand and lead to injury. Emotional or verbal abuse is one of the worst forms of mistreatment due to its invisibility.
“There are many factors that contribute to this repulsive behavior. Physical, sexual, and psychological cruelty are effects of child abuse. Physical abuse is a painful, devastating event that occurs on a daily basis. According to the government, physical abuse is “when someone uses a part of their body or an object to control a person’s actions.” “ There are many forms of physical force, such as, hitting, strangling, slapping, beating, and kicking.
Growing up my parents ran a daycare in(at) our house so I was always surrounded by children (the good and the bad). My parents were the type who had no problem enforcing physical punishments such as spanking, the flick of the hand, a pop on the mouth, etc. All these punishments are within the definition of acceptable punishment as stated by Oklahoma law (qtd. ---). They practiced this on me, my siblings, and the daycare kids (with parental consent).
Shaken baby syndrome - when you pick up the infant and you shake them violently and you do it many times to the point where the baby 's brain swells. C) Book - ‘Because I remember terror, father I remember you’ by William Silverman. It is a really sad book based on a true story on a child who is physically abused and neglected by her alcoholic father. 3) Sexual Abuse A) " the use of a child for sexual gratification of an adult", it could be in other ways; forcing them to watch non appropriate sexual videos.
Introduction The topic of infant abuse and its social and emotional affects on infant development always seems to be ignored by many people. There have been articles written on criminals and the reason they became criminals is because of the abuse they experienced in their childhood. Not all criminals are victims of infant abuse but studies show that some of them most definitely are, and the most common kind of abuse is neglect. Knowing about infant abuse is important because it happens all around and if we know about it we can easily detect it instead of being ignorant about it.