PREVENT CHILD ABUSE

How to Prevent Child Abuse within the Family

Child abuse

Child abuse is violence against children or young people. This is a very serious form of violation of the child's welfare. The term child abuse are physical and psychological violence sexual abuse and neglect combined. These acts against children are punishable in most Western industrialized countries. Statistics have shown that the perpetrators are often the parents or other close persons (Russell, 2004).

Child abuse statistics

Although the incidence of child abuse and neglect has been decreasing in recent years, more than 1.25 million, or 1 in every 58 children in the United States, were abused in 2009.

More than half (61 percent) of the children (771,700 children) were victims of neglect, meaning a parent or guardian failed to provide for the child's basic needs. Forms of neglect include educational neglect (360,500 children), physical neglect (295,300 children), and emotional neglect (193,400).

Another 44 percent were victims of abuse (553,300 children), including physical abuse (325,000 children), sexual abuse (135,000 children), and emotional abuse (148,500 children).An average of nearly four children dies every day as a result of child abuse or neglect (1,760 in 2009).

Source: National child abuse statistics

What forms of abuse exist?

It is ranging from physical to ask them to perform activities consistent with their age, not providing adequate food in quantity and quality for negligence in their care, shock, burns, etc. Psychological ranges from ignoring them, not to assess their physical and intellectual, and not recognizing their successes and celebrate their mistakes to insult. Social depravity fetal abuses, participation in religious rites that violate their integrity, include them in war and sexual abuse and genital manipulation, promoting prostitution, rape and incest (Garbarino, et. al., 2007).

What Are the Causes of Child Abuse?

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