CHIILD ABUSE

Child neglect is an act that deprives a child of basic age-appropriate needs and has reasonable potential to result, in physical or psychological harm.

Younger children are neglected most, and more girls suffer from neglect than boys. Neglect is usually an ongoing pattern of inadequate care, abandonment, lack of appropriate supervision; failure to attend to necessary emotional or psychological needs; and failure to provide necessary education, medical care, nourishment, shelter, and/or clothing.
It’s a failure of parents or caregivers to meet the needs that are necessary for the mental, physical, and emotional development of a child.

According to United States Department of Health and Human Services tracking, reported rates of neglect in the U.S. are higher than those for other types of child maltreatment.

Child neglect tremendously affects the physical, mental, and emotional development. Side effects include depression, poor academic achievement, personality disorders.

This can impact society, and more likely children who suffered from child neglect will have drug abuse and education in the future.

PHYSICAL ABUSE

Physical abuse means any non-accidental act or behavior causing injury, trauma or other physical suffering or bodily harm

Most children are abused at home or by someone they know. It is especially devastating when a parent, the person a child depends on for protection and safety, becomes a danger.

— Physically abused children are at risk for later interpersonal problems involving aggressive behavior, alcohol overuse in adult years, depression, emotional distress,  suicidal thoughts and PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder).

— Physically abused children don’t feel good about themselves or see themselves as worthy. They may blame themselves for the abuse and feel that they must keep what goes on in their families a secret.

— 1/3  of children who experience physical abuse are also at risk to become abusive as adults.

— Many physically abused children become aggressive themselves or have other behavioral problems, even when they becoming parents themselves.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic Violence – witnessing domestic violence  in a home where one of their parents are abusing the other parent, plays a tremendous role on the well being of children witnessing the violence.

— That child can suffer an immense amount of physical, emotional and behavioral symptoms. Those symptoms are: aches and pains, irregular bowel habits, cold sores, fatigue, constant tiredness, self-abuse, suicide, behavioral problems, drugs, alcohol abuse, being withdrawn, becoming non-verbal, isolation from friends and family, denial, aggression, anxiety, grief, shame, low self-esteem, depression, the child often feels helpless and powerless, nightmares, insomnia, having problems concentrating, PTSD, poor anger management, poor problem solving skills, and learn to engage in exploitative relationships, feelings of guild and worry, desperately seeks affection.

— Children exposed to domestic violence are more at risk for other forms of maltreatment such as physical abuse and neglect.

— Statistics show that a child who witnesses violence between their parents or guardian is more likely to carry on violent behaviors in their own adult lives.