Due Date: 4/29/13
I. Introduction A. Human Interest Story B. Background Information C. Mandatory parenting classes will reduce the violence in American society. D. Proofs (in one sentence)
II. Body Paragraph 1
A. There are a very high number of children being abused physically by there parents.
B. "Neglect and Abuse." SIRS Digests. Spring 1997: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 26 Apr 2013.
C. Explication
1. Every year about 2 million cases of child abuse are reported to authorities.
2. Another hundreds of thousands that go unreported. 3. About 2000 kids die every year from being brutally beat.
III. Body Paragraph 2 A. The high rates of the factors of emotional abuse in which parents inflict on their children. B. Arnest, Lauren Krohn. "emotional abuse." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 27 Apr. 2013.
C. Emotional abuse has many factors such as constant screaming, calling their child foul names, or making them feel as if they are worthless. Parents also negatively compare them to other children or completely ignore their emotional needs. This form of abuse happens to about 43% of children throughout the Untied States
IV. Body Paragraph 3 A. There is a tremendous amount of sexual abuse that happen within families B. Turner, Jeffrey S. "sexual abuse." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 27 Apr. 2013. C. Explication 1. Although it is hard to get an exact number of these cases because most happen behind closed doors there has been an estimated 20 million Americans who have experienced incest as a child. 2. One in ten people have been affected by sexual abuse within their family 3. Average age of a child encountering this is 11 4. Most cases are father to daughter or stepfather to daughter
V. Body Paragraph 4 A. Parents educationally neglect their children