Not all kids who experience abuse will become behavioral problems, but some of them do. Studies have found abused and neglected children to be at least 25 percent more likely to experience problems such as delinquency, teen pregnancy, low academic achievement, drug use, and mental health problems (Kelley, Thornberry, & Smith, 1997). Some children who have been abused use the same methods when they have children of their own. When a person has been a victim of abuse, they will often abuse their children or even their spouse the same way they were abused during their childhood. In the book “Breathing Underwater”, Nick, the main character, slaps his girlfriend during an argument. I think he only does this because of the way his father has mentally and physically abused
Not all kids who experience abuse will become behavioral problems, but some of them do. Studies have found abused and neglected children to be at least 25 percent more likely to experience problems such as delinquency, teen pregnancy, low academic achievement, drug use, and mental health problems (Kelley, Thornberry, & Smith, 1997). Some children who have been abused use the same methods when they have children of their own. When a person has been a victim of abuse, they will often abuse their children or even their spouse the same way they were abused during their childhood. In the book “Breathing Underwater”, Nick, the main character, slaps his girlfriend during an argument. I think he only does this because of the way his father has mentally and physically abused