Child Abuse & Neglect

Abstract

The long lasting influences of child abuse on social behavior, mental health, and relationships curtail from a loss of hope, trust, and self-esteem in the development of child. Some conventional theories of the reasons of occurrence of the acts of child abuses entails considerations of parental behaviors, personality, lifestyles, and the socio-economic strains; instead such theories have been failed in acknowledging the main role, choices, and responsibility of the parents or other related individuals. As the child progresses from a point of susceptibility to maturity, then he/she matures and develops in various distinctive ways. As a significant component, by going beyond other perspectives, the spiritual development of a child takes place. Secured attachments with parents or any caregiver play an imminent role in assisting children develop a tendency for adapting physiological arousal. It has also been noticed that the abused or neglected children have some disorganized patterns of attachments. Loss of capability for regulating the strength of impulses and feelings is probably the most prevailing effect of neglect or trauma. The incapability for adapting emotions formulates wide-ranging behaviors that are effectively comprehended as the efforts of self-regulation. Such behaviors comprises of aggression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and even behaviors of self-destruction inclusive of suicide. The capability for regulating the inward conditions influences both oneself and one's attitude towards social surroundings. Abused children mostly fail developing the tendency for expressing differentiated and specific emotions and such behaviors further complicate the treatment and diagnosis of those abused children.

Child Abuse & Neglect

Introduction

Child abuse and neglect comes under the categories of misconduct or mistreatment to children or a child in terms of physical, emotional, and sexual contexts. In the U.S., (DCF) the Department for Children and Families, and (CDC) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention define child mistreatment as an act or sequence of acts of omission or commission by any caregiver or even by a parent that outcomes in harm, any potential for harming, or a threat to harm a child. Child abuse can take place even in the home of a child, or in schools, communities, or organizations in which the interaction of child takes place. There are four chief classifications of child abuse such as Neglect; physical abuse; emotional or psychological abuse; and sexual abuse. Some of the effectual reactions to combat the child abuse and neglect put emphasis on child development, family environment, and child-parent relationships. As this is an argumentative paper, there will be a thorough expansion on the topic thesis and important points that could convey the best supportive argumentation for it. There will be a discussion on facts and factors that could counter the arguments in paper and in the last, some conclusive points will be taken into account as the pros and cons of mentioned arguments.

Discussion

Various jurisdictions have established some definitions that constitute child abuse as it is greatly required to remove an abused or abusing child from his or her immediate family and to prosecute a criminal ...