CHILD ABUSE

The Politics of Child Abuse in America

The Politics of Child Abuse in America

How often do you head of household, when their child misbehaves? Do you stick or talk to him and called the attention? Although we live in the 21st century, many people still believe that the best way to correct children is give them slaps cocachos, belts and more. Three out of four Chilean children are victims of physical or psychological violence in their homes. These alarming figures released on Tuesday the United Nations Fund for Children, Unicef, clearly prove that child abuse is endemic in Chile. "Child abuse is a serious and widespread problem in America that occurs in all social classes, which is found in studies conducted by UNICEF for more than a decade," said Soledad Larrain, a specialist in abuse and violence of this body. According to the representative of the UN agency in America, serious violence in this country is mostly applied in low-income households (25.9%), while the psychological is more common in high socio-economic sectors (25%). "Meanwhile, mild physical slapping, pulling hair or ears and shaking, is similar in all social strata", he said. Thus, only 24.7% are free from any form of harassment.

Perez said that "child abuse is a child under 18 who is abused, misused, when their physical or mental health or safety are endangered, either by action or omission taken by parents or others responsible for their care "(p. 5). Child abuse is divided into two: maltreatment by act or omission. Within the default category of abuse is physical abuse is any physical injury. It Is also considered physical abuse to assaults that are applied as a punishment. Another abuse that there is emotional or psychological that is insulting and belittling the child, causing disorders that can affect their dignity to damage when your health.

Child abuse in America When in the early 60's was first described the shaken baby syndrome, one of the first terms to define children's physical violence, it was assumed that in the U.S.A would reveal no more than 300 cases of child abuse. At present, the child protection services throughout the world annually investigate million cases of lack of care from parents and alleged violence against children. Abuse and child abuse is a problem that concerns all countries, but Latin America is one region where this problem is very acute. In November 2010 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) put Mexico in the first place by the amount of physical violence, sexual abuse and murders of children under 14 years among members of the body. According to UNICEF data in Mexico (Redim, Network for the Rights of Children in Mexico), only 34% of youth aged 15 in childhood did not witness physical violence from their parents. The remaining 66% had experienced at least one form of violence. According to the same organization in Paraguay for 61% of children and adolescents report having been victims of any violence by their parents and close relatives, ...