Child Abuse
Child Abuse in America (Persuasive Essay)
“Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.”-Herbert Ward. The writer is going to cite examples and portray vivid details so that the reader will understand about child abuse. “Child cruelty does not discriminate against a child because of race, sex, age, religion, or socioeconomic.”(1) “According to the two research articles that the essayist refers to child abuse now is recognizable in four categories.” (1) Child abuse should not be an issue that we put aside because we are harming innocent children and in some circumstances we are killing our children. According to the Webster dictionary child means “human before puberty” and abuse means “use or treat wrongly.” The term child was origin from the Old English language in the sixteenth century. The term abuse is originated from the Middle French in the fifteenth century. When you combine the words child and abuse they mean “human before puberty treated wrongly.” There is only one true meaning for both of these terms. The four categories of child abuse are physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, neglect, and emotional maltreatment. Emotional abuse could be rejecting, ignoring, terrorizing, isolating, and corrupting the child. Emotional abuse accounts for only eight percent if all child abuse. Neglect abuse is not providing food, clothing, or appropriate medical care. Physical abuse is the intent to inflict physical injury upon the child. There are many signs of physical abuse. Normally there is bruising on some part of the body. Having a pattern of bruising may indicate strong signs of physical abuse. Sexual abuse is any inappropriate sexual behavior with a child. (1-2) Child abuse is killing our children on a daily basis. When talking about child abuse the writer does not seem to believe that there is an opposite view that harming a child is alright. However, the abusers
“Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.”-Herbert Ward. The writer is going to cite examples and portray vivid details so that the reader will understand about child abuse. “Child cruelty does not discriminate against a child because of race, sex, age, religion, or socioeconomic.”(1) “According to the two research articles that the essayist refers to child abuse now is recognizable in four categories.” (1) Child abuse should not be an issue that we put aside because we are harming innocent children and in some circumstances we are killing our children. According to the Webster dictionary child means “human before puberty” and abuse means “use or treat wrongly.” The term child was origin from the Old English language in the sixteenth century. The term abuse is originated from the Middle French in the fifteenth century. When you combine the words child and abuse they mean “human before puberty treated wrongly.” There is only one true meaning for both of these terms. The four categories of child abuse are physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, neglect, and emotional maltreatment. Emotional abuse could be rejecting, ignoring, terrorizing, isolating, and corrupting the child. Emotional abuse accounts for only eight percent if all child abuse. Neglect abuse is not providing food, clothing, or appropriate medical care. Physical abuse is the intent to inflict physical injury upon the child. There are many signs of physical abuse. Normally there is bruising on some part of the body. Having a pattern of bruising may indicate strong signs of physical abuse. Sexual abuse is any inappropriate sexual behavior with a child. (1-2) Child abuse is killing our children on a daily basis. When talking about child abuse the writer does not seem to believe that there is an opposite view that harming a child is alright. However, the abusers