4 Forms of Child Abuse
“The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.”
― Nathaniel Branden
What is Child Abuse
“Child abuse” is a global issue with critical lifelong consequences. Current estimates of child “ill-treatment” vary widely depending on the country and the method of research used. “Child maltreatment” is actually difficult and hard to study. Even though recent national surveys in several low and middle income countries, data from many countries are still deficient.
Child abuse is basically any behavior that harms a child emotionally and physically. There are many other forms of “ill-usage of child” such as verbal, sexual and mental abuse, as well as neglect and exploitation. It happens when a parent or caretaker, whether through an action or failing to an act, causes an injury, emotional trauma or risk of distress to a child.
Well, child abuse is not just about the black eyes. While physical abuse is shocking due to the signs it leaves, not all marks of “child molestation” are as crystal clear. Also ignoring kids requirements and needs, putting them in certain conditions without the support, dangerous situations, exposing them to sexual harassment, or making them feel worthless or stupid are also forms of “child mistreatment” and neglect and they can leave long-term and deep effects on children.
Forms of Child Abuse
Particularly, different forms of maltreatment often coexist, and overlap is considerable.
Sexual Abuse:
Child abuse occurs when an adult specifically mistreats a child for sexual purposes or involves a child in sexual acts forcefully. It also includes when a child who is powerful and older uses another child for sexual excitement, seduction and gratification. There are many terms of sexual abuse include intercourse, which is oral, anal, or vaginal spiking, molestation and forms that do not involve physical contact by the committer, including exposure of the evil-doers genitals, showing sexual material such as “porn” to a child, and forcing a child to participate in a sex act with another child or to take part in the production of sexual material.
Physical Abuse:
Physical mistreatment of a child happens when a parent or caretaker causes any non accidental physical injury to a kid. It occurs when a child is purposely physically injured or put at risk of harm by another person. Shaking, bruises, pushing, choking, stabbing, punching, painful grabbing, and kicking also can also called physical abuse. Abuse is the most common cause of serious head injury in infants. In toddlers, abdominal injury is also common.
Emotional Abuse:
It occurs when a caregiver or parent damage child’s emotional, mental and cognitive development. Or causes severe mental illness, usually considered as “emotional abuse.” Most often, mental abuse is a pattern of behavior happens repeatedly that causes damage over time. Emotional abuse is basically inflicting emotional harm through the wrong use of words or actions. Significant terms involve talking to a child by yelling or screaming, discouraging the child’s abilities and achievements. It is also by torturing and terrorizing with threats, and exploiting or corrupting by encouraging rubbish behavior. It can also occur when words or actions are withheld, gradually becoming emotional neglect.
Medical Neglect:
It occurs when caretakers intentionally produce or falsify physical or psychological marks, symptoms or signs in a child. The parent may injure the child with drugs or other agents or add blood or bacterial contaminants to urine specimens to simulate disease. It also happens when caregiver harm a child with too much medical care, such as medicines, appointments, surgeries, or lab tests that are not needed. As a result, many children receive unnecessary and harmful or potentially harmful medication, tests and treatments.
In a nutshell, it is necessary to prevent and respond child maltreatment. For this purpose, Information and skill-building sessions among children to support the development to look after. Also for non-violent parenting delivered by nurses, social workers, or trained lay workers through a series of home visits or in a community setting. In spite of parent and caregiver support, Education and life skills approaches are also essential. Design activities to prevent sexual abuse that build awareness and teach skills to help children understand consent. To avoid and prevent sexual abuse and exploitation, and to seek help and support. Also increasing enrolment in quality education to allow children acquire knowledge, skills and experiences that reduce risk factors of violence.
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