Precious Movie Essay

The harsh reality of child abuse often puts school staff members on the front lines of identifying possible abuse. Some children will talk to you about the abuse they may endure. While other children may feel threatened not to tell or may they might not realize that what is occurring is abusive. In most cases, children may be too young to understand, fearful, embarrassed or ashamed. Child maltreatment is a problematic social issue affecting millions of children. That's why I'm proud to say as a childcare provider I'm very glad that (Mandated Reporting and Privacy Policies) are in lieu.
I would like to use the movie "Precious" by the director "Lee Daniels" as a reference as I talk about the topic of "Mandating Reporting and Privacy Policies" this movie is grounded in New York City's, Harlem, in 1987. It's about an overweight, mistreated, an uneducated teen who is pregnant with her second child by her stepfather who has also suffered horrific child abuse by her mother along with explicit sexual acts. Precious is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in
How would I help this helpless young woman get through life? There are so many forms of child maltreatment that’s why we have to be the voice for our children. Theirs Physical abuse, Emotional damage, Sexual abuse, child neglect, self-inflicted injuries, some parents may even keep their children home from school or don't support the child's school attendance. It is a requirement that employees of public school districts report any suspected child abuse or neglect but sadly many don't. Many children while at school may scrape their knees, bruise their arms, bump their heads, or may even break their bones, and they may have reasonable explanations for these injuries however these episodes may not have an explanation that seems to fit the injury or they may be very indirect about how the injury