Analysis Of Discipline And Child Maltreatment Report From The Children's Bureau

In 2015, the 2015 Child Maltreatment Report from The Children’s Bureau, shows an increase in child abuse referrals from 3.6 million to 4 million (American SPCC, 2017). Child abuse happens everyday. Discipline and child abuse are two different actions. Discipline is essential in shaping basic morals in children. Discipline does not have to be physical. Some examples of discipline are having to stay home when the child wants to go somewhere, take any electronics, etc. Over 18 % of the 686,000 children who were substantiated for child maltreatment in 2012 were cases involving physical abuse (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services [DHHS] 2013) (Rodriguez, para 1). Child abuse is when a child is emotionally or physically inflicted. Some examples
Children would not be able to make it in life if adults were not around for children to look up to. Children should be able to communicate with adults. Adults should listen to children so that the children will know how to communicate. Children are human beings who want to be heard just like everyone else. The more children communicate with adults, the better relationship there will be. The more communication there is at a young age, the better children will be able to communicate as they get older. Mentally intimidated is another way of saying “emotionally abused”. Children who are emotionally abused are “usually overly-affectionate towards strangers or people they haven’t know for very long, lack confidence, does not appear to have a close relationship with the parent, and are aggressive towards other children and animals” (NSPCC, 2017). Emotional abuse could result from adults ignoring from, which is why adults should listen to children. People can often get discipline and emotional abuse confused. When adults yell at children and call them names when they do something wrong is considered emotional and verbal abuse; children keep what adults say in mind more than adults think. There are programs available for children who have been abused. The NCAC (National Children’s Advocacy Center) is a program that helps children who have been abused and adults who have abused children. “The NCAC has served as a model for the more than 850 Children's Advocacy Centers in
When anyone isolates themselves from people or the real world, then they usually have something personal going on that is bothering them. Research shows that males who are abused by women become perpetrators. “The overall rate of having been a victim was 35% for perpetrators and 11% for non-perpetrators. Of the 96 females, 43% had been victims but only one was a perpetrator. A high percentage of male subjects abused in childhood by a female relative became perpetrators.” (BJP, 2001). When children are abused, they are more likely to “act out” as they get older; usually within boys. Children also tend to “act out” when they go through any kind of corporal punishment, which is a pleasant way of saying physical abuse. Others may say that corporal punishment is competent. According to Jeanan, a mother of five kids, said "When I hear children screaming, fighting and cursing their parents while they stand there like idiots quietly explaining why such screaming, fighting and cursing is inappropriate, I want to then say to them: `Helloooo - could it possibly be time for a less subtle approach?' These children obviously have a problem distinguishing between appropriate behaviors. A good swat on the behind or hand, in my opinion, simply gets a child's attention, and says, `Hey, wait, this is totally unacceptable,' in a way that words simply cannot always convey". People like Jeanan think it is competent to use physical abuse as a type of