Essay On Child Abuse

Child Abuse Child abuse has been happening all over the world to children of all ages, although many children don't speak up because they feel they might get hurt more. Child abuse is when a parent, or caregiver caused an injury, death, emotional harm, or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many forms of child abuse, including neglect, witnessing domestic violence, emotional abuse, sexual, physical, and substance abuse. Child neglect is a very common type of abuse. Child neglect is when a parent or caregiver fails to provide love, attention, clothes, food, ect. Child neglect is usually hard to spot, sometimes the parent or caregiver may have gotten into an injury and is not physically or stalk able to provide any of the things …show more content…
When a parent or caregiver harms a child’s mental and social development, or causes severe emotional harm, it is considered emotional abuse. While a single incident may be abuse, most often emotional abuse is a pattern of behavior that causes damage over time. Emotional abuse is usually the hardest for kids to go through and often leads them to depression. Some examples of this type are, constant belittling, shaming, and humiliating a child, calling names and making negative comparisons to others, Telling a child, he or she is “no good," "worthless," "bad," or "a mistake", frequent yelling, threatening, or bullying, ignoring or rejecting a child as punishment, giving him or her the silent treatment, limited physical contact with the child—no hugs, kisses, or other signs of affection, and exposing the child to violence or the abuse of others (domestic violence), whether it be the abuse of a parent, a sibling, or even a pet (Segal). Domestic violence is hard for children to watch because most of the time it leaves them confused. "It is extremely widespread today, and children often mimic the aggressor" according to the author of Youth Violence. In some situations, it is best for the parent(s) or aggressor to go to therapy or parenting