The Controversy Of Child Abuse And Neglect

Child abuse has been an emerging issue which created a huge controversy of how it affects children. Child abuse is in many forms and not just physical, but it is also psychological, emotional, and sexual. Child abuse has been around since the beginning of time and there have been many historical accounts that have proved that children have either been neglected or abused. Child abuse is not just a onetime attack but it is usually a series of episodes that is not just physical; but also emotional. Child abuse is the bodily, sexual, emotional maltreatment of a child that could lead to serious physical harm or even death. Neglect is also another form of child abuse it is the “deprivation of adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or
She took the address and went to the house and found the little boy on a leash, she then took the child to her facility and had the parents arrested. When the boy was being examined the discovered that he was acting like a dog, when she gave him water to drink he would drink with his tongue like a dog. He was barking and doing everything an animal would do, when he would be asked what he was he would that he is a dog, when she told him that he is a little boy he would cry and scream that he is a dog. When the parents were investigated and asked why they would do that to their only child they said that it was an experiment because they are both psychiatrists and wanted to know what would happen to their boy. They believed that they have the knowledge to be able to change their child back after they would have completed their study. This happened two years ago and the little boy is still struggling with what his parents knowingly did to him. The parents ended up in prison for their negligence to their child and had their psychiatry license taken away from
Physical abuse is the “nonaccidental physical injury to the child and can include striking, stabbing, kicking, burning, or biting the child, or any action that results in a physical impairment or death of the child such as shaking or throwing.” (Gosslin 2010; p. 100). It is a shame that some people discipline their children by beating them, thinking that this is the best way to maintain authority over their child. In some cultures abuse would be used to either cure children from their illnesses or to maintain it. Three examples of this are the coining, cupping, and moxibustion. Cupping is the forceful rubbing of a coin into a child’s body to try to cure an illness. It is accepted in some cultures in underdeveloped countries. It sometimes leads to the death of the children from the excruciating pain or the overuse of the practice. Cupping is the preheating of a cup and placing it on the child’s skin and developing a vacuum and when the cup is detached from the child’s skin it has the burn marks on the child. The moxibustion is an Asian practice that is used to burn skin that is used for curing