Child Abuse
Child abuse is any emotional, sexual, or physical mistreatment, as well as neglect of a child. Some countries may vary in their definition of the term. In the USA. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) defines child abuse as " child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child".
A UK guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010 (1.33-1.36) says that there are four types of child abuse:
Emotional abuse
Sexual abuse
Physical abuse
Neglect
Although the UK guidance does not specifically mention bullying as a form of abuse, the country's authorities say that there is compelling evidence that it is abuse, and will invariably include at least one of the four abuse categories defined.
Child abuse can happen anywhere, in the child's home, school, community or other organizations, environments or places.
What is physical abuse?
Physical abuse may include, as defined in the UK and most other European Union countries:
Burning
Drowning
Hitting
Poisoning
Scalding
Shaking
Suffocating
Throwing
When a parent/caregiver fabricates a symptom in a child
When a parent/caregiver induces an illness in a child deliberately
..and any other type of physical harm to a child
Some countries specifically define the following, as forms of physical abuse (some overlap those listed above)
Belting, Biting, Blinding a person or causing impairment of sight, Cutting or otherwise exposing somebody to something sharp, Drowning, Excessive pinching on the body, Exposure to a dangerous animal, Exposure to a toxic substance, Exposure to cold, freezing, Exposure to electric shock, Exposure to heat or radiation, Burning, Head-butting, Infecting with a disease, Kicking, Kneeing, Placing in stress positions (tied or otherwise forced), Poisoning, Punching, Pushing, pulling, Slapping, Sleep deprivation, Stabbing, Strangling, Striking with
A UK guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010 (1.33-1.36) says that there are four types of child abuse:
Emotional abuse
Sexual abuse
Physical abuse
Neglect
Although the UK guidance does not specifically mention bullying as a form of abuse, the country's authorities say that there is compelling evidence that it is abuse, and will invariably include at least one of the four abuse categories defined.
Child abuse can happen anywhere, in the child's home, school, community or other organizations, environments or places.
What is physical abuse?
Physical abuse may include, as defined in the UK and most other European Union countries:
Burning
Drowning
Hitting
Poisoning
Scalding
Shaking
Suffocating
Throwing
When a parent/caregiver fabricates a symptom in a child
When a parent/caregiver induces an illness in a child deliberately
..and any other type of physical harm to a child
Some countries specifically define the following, as forms of physical abuse (some overlap those listed above)
Belting, Biting, Blinding a person or causing impairment of sight, Cutting or otherwise exposing somebody to something sharp, Drowning, Excessive pinching on the body, Exposure to a dangerous animal, Exposure to a toxic substance, Exposure to cold, freezing, Exposure to electric shock, Exposure to heat or radiation, Burning, Head-butting, Infecting with a disease, Kicking, Kneeing, Placing in stress positions (tied or otherwise forced), Poisoning, Punching, Pushing, pulling, Slapping, Sleep deprivation, Stabbing, Strangling, Striking with