Child Abuse Should be Taken More Seriously

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Child Abuse Should be Taken More Seriously

• Holly Singer
• Section 619

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The Four Types of Child Abuse

• Emotional Abuse
• (ex.) called names, being belittled
• Physical Abuse
• (ex.) punching, smacking
• Sexual Abuse
• (ex.) molestation of a minor, rape
• Neglect
• (ex.) not feeding children or acknowledging their
  presence

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Facts About Child Abuse

• Disciplining can harm.
• Spanking loses effect which leads to more painful
  punishment as the child gets older.

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Facts About Child Abuse

• Children who are abused or neglected generally
  become
• angry and isolated
• withdraw from social and academic situations
• may over-compensate, bringing more stress upon
  themselves as they try to be perfect in school

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Facts About Child Abuse

• A childs first five years are considered crucial
  for healthy mental and emotional development.

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Facts About Child Abuse

• Children in broken families tend to be socially
  isolated, and thus deprived of a chance to learn
  positive modes of interacting in a family.

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Facts About Child Abuse

• Married parents are least likely to abuse.

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Facts About Child Abuse

• Angry and withdrawn children cannot take in and
  process information.
• They cannot experience the joy of learning.
• They forget what they are taught.
• They cannot apply to the world.

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Facts About Child Abuse

• The Breakdown of the Family Causes Child Abuse
• increase in divorce
• single parent households
• teenage pregnancy
• youth violence
• general decay of fundamental moral values

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Chart on Why Child Abuse Occurs
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Bibliography

• Resource Sheet from Childrens Services, NSW.
  Myths and Facts about the Maltreatment of
  Children. Online posting. 27 September. 2000.
  lthttp//www.csnsw.org.au/pdf/MythsFacts.pdfgt.
• No main source. Sexual Abuse Statistics. Online
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• Womens Research Centre. Recollecting Our Lives.
  Vancouver Press Gang Publishers, 1989. 68-70,
  72.
• Browning, Cliff. Why Does it Happen? Online
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• Information Plus. Child Abuse Betraying a trust.
  Wylie Information Plus, 1999. 2-4.
• Kim, H. Henny. Child Abuse. California
  Greenhaven Press, 2000. 46-48, 50, 60.