Child abuse punishments for the abuser should
be harsher than what they are and then maybe people would think before they do.
Like that would happen but still, children are dying because of that and
children are our future leaders. We need children so people need to stop
abusing their children. It’s illegal and they should have they couldn’t find
anything on the child or whatever. Child abuse needs to stop before it affects
more children than what we think it does.
Every child has right to
be in a safe home, instead of having to fear for their lives daily. All because
they ended up in the wrong family, because the family doesn’t love them and
never will probably because they only want to use the child as a punching bag.
Probably because they are angry at the world, so they have anger issues and so
they take it out on the child that has no clue what they did wrong if they even
didn’t do anything wrong. But that is a part of life people say, yet somebody
out there has to be able to say enough is enough. Or what are they going to
wait until all of the children that get abused are dead? How low can a person
be to abuse their own flesh and blood? I guess just as low as a person who
knows that a child is being abused and does nothing about it. Child abuse is
being abused and does nothing about it. Child abuse is a crime and police
officers so step up a level and take charge and do something about it. Yet they
won’t for some odd reasons. Although that child life lays in his or hers hand
and they don’t want to do anything about it. No wonder the world is so messed
up. Things would be so much different if somebody actually spoke out and did
something about it instead of just talking about it on the down low. Because
talking about it doesn’t make you the hero, it isn’t much better because you
don’t the courage to do something else.
It is more likely that
if the child makes it through until they are an adult they will become an
abuser to their children or somebody near or close. Abused children cannot
express emotions safely, in some cases they either turn to drugs or alcohol.
THE FOUR TYPE OF ABUSE;
·
Emotional Child
Abuse
·
Neglect Child
Abuse
·
Physical Child
Abuse
·
Child Sexually
Abuse
With Emotional child
abuse it can severely damage a child’s mental health or social development,
leaving lifelong emotional scars. Some examples of E.C.A would be constant
belittling, shaming, and humiliating a child. Calling a child names and making
negative comments, telling a child that he/she is no good, worthless, bad, or a
mistake, frequently yelling, threatening, or bulling. And there are many more
examples of that form of child abuse, but why dwell on just one? Examples of
child’s basic needs, it could be food, clothing, hygiene, or supervision. Child
neglect is not always easy to spot. In some cases the parent might become
physically or mentally unable to care for the child, such as with serious
injury, untreated depression, or anxiety. In other cases alcohol or drug abuse
may seriously impair judgment and ability to keep the child safe. Older
children might not show the signs of neglect because they adapted to it, and
became able to hide it. Even taking on the role of being a parent to another
sibling.
Neglect Child Abuse aren’t
getting their physically or emotional needs met either. With physical abuse it
involves physical harm or injury to the child. It may be caused by an attempt
to hurt the child but not always. It can also results because of serve
discipline by using a belt on the child or physical condition. Many abusive
parents will state that their actions are simply for discipline and they mean
no harm. Always to make a child learn better than without being abused. There
is a big different between using physical punishment to discipline a child
rather than physical abuse. The point of discipline to a child is to teach them
from right to wrong not make them live in fear daily.
In Physical Abuse the
child never knows what is going to set the parents off, there are no clear
boundaries or rules. The child is constantly walking on eggshells, never sure
what behavior will trigger a physical assault. Physical abusive parents act out
of anger and desire to assert control, not the motivation to lovingly teach the
child right from wrong or whatever takes place. The angrier the parent is the
more intense the abuse will be to the child. Parents who are usually abusive
may believe that their children need to fear them in order to be good, so they
physically abuse them. But instead of learning to behave or to grow as
individuals they learn not to get hit.
Child Sexual Abuse is an
especially complicated form of abuse because of the layers of shame and guilt.
It is very important to recognize that sexual abuse doesn’t always involve body
contact. Exposing a child to sexual situations or material is sexually abusive,
if there is touching or not. Sexual abuse normally occurs by someone that the
child knows and should be able to trust most often close relatives. As some
people like to believe it isn’t just girls that can be sexually abuse, boys and
girls both suffer from sexual abuse. Actually, sexual abuse of boys may be
underreported due to shame and stigma. Beside the physical abuse that sexual
abuse can cause to the victim it can also cause emotional problems as well.
Sexually abused children are tormented by shame and guilt; some might feel that
they are responsible for the abuse or somehow brought it upon themselves. This
can also lead to self-loathing and sexual problems as they grow older, often
excessive promiscuity or an inability to have intimate relations. The shame
that the children face makes it hard for them to come forward. They may worry
that others won’t believe them, will be angry with them, or that it will spill
their family apart. So because of these difficulties false accusations of
sexual abuse is not common to hear about. So if a child ever confides into you
take them serious, don’t turn a blind eye!
Some risks factors for
Child Abuse and Neglect might be domestic violence, alcohol or drug abuse,
untreated mental illness, lack or parenting skills, and stress and lack of
support. If you suspect that a child is being abused is it important to seek
out the help that he or she needs, and not worry about inferring with another
family because you could be the key to that child living or not. If you have a
gut feeling that something is wrong act on it, it is better to be safe than
sorry. You can make a difference with what you do even if you don’t believe
that you can. You can be the person that saves a child. More than 1.25 million
or 1 in every 58 children were either abused or neglected in the world. That
isn’t counting the entire unknown child that takes place. Everyday a case of
child abuse is submitted. An average of four children dies every day due to
child abuse or neglect. Thirty-one percent of women in jail now were abused as
children. Abused children are 25% more likely to experience early teen pregnancy. While abused teens are three times less likely to
practice safe sex, putting them a greater risk for STDs. 14% of men in prison
was abused as children. Child abuse is happening all around us and it needs to
stop. We shouldn’t take this as a joke because nobody in their right mind will
joke about Child Abuse.
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