Assignment 1: 11 Facts About Child Abuse

“ 1 out of 3 girls and 1 out of 5 boys will be sexually abused before they reach the age of 18” (11 Facts About Child Abuse). There are plenty different type of abuses. Abuse is in no way, shape, or form right. Abuse should not happen anybody. What is child abuse? Child abuse is physical, mental, emotional mistreatment to a person at a young age. It has a long lasting effect on the child because it causes them to make bad life decisions, deal with mental damage, and have low self-steam. People who were abused during childhood tend to do unlawful things in adulthood. “Children who were abused were at greater risk to take drugs and abuse their own children as adults” (Poladian). Child abuse shows the physical affect that could happen to them as an adult. They use alcohol and drugs “to get rid of problems”. Most of the time, if they do not feel better after, they will attempt suicide. Nobody deserve to feel so terrible that they want to take their own life. The drugs that people do can also lead to
mental issues. Adults who were abused as a child most likely suffer from mental damage.
“Much the way smoking directly causes or triggers predispositions for physical disease, early abuse may contribute to virtually all types of mental illness” (Szalavitz). The abuse they obtain as a child caused them to develop certain disease such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder. Another form of child abuse is sexual abuse which could sometimes cause you to catch Sexually Transmitted Disease and Sexually Transmitted Infections. Some signs to know if the child is being sexually abused is if they have bruises, acting aggressive, trouble sitting, and pregnant at a young age. If a child has all of this going on, they will most likely feel embarrassed. If they feel embarrassed, they will most likely distance themselves from the rest of the world. Feeling embarrassed can also have them feeling like they have nobody to talk to or come
to. Child abuse leaves a child feeling unloved and unwanted. “The effect of neglect on a child clearly conveys that the child is not as valued and as important as they should be to the caregiver” (Krill Jr.). The way their parent(s) or guardian abused them showed the child that they did not really care about them which caused the child to look down on themselves. It made them also have to dislike to themselves. Some children had experienced neglect so they do not care about their appearance, their education, or being a trouble maker either inside of school or outside of school. Children tend to act out when they are not getting that love and attention they need at home. Child abuse is a serious thing and should not be taken lightly. Anybody in this situation or if anybody knows somebody in this situation should go get help or suggest that person or those people to go get help from a professional therapist. Child abuse affects people that it has happen to differently. Some people can bust out crying out of nowhere with a group of people or that person could be alone and they attempt to kill themselves in some type of way. Child abuse hits people differently at certain times in their lives. It should never to anyone. Nobody truly deserves that mistreatment. It is completely wrong and unfair to the child because most children cannot really defend themselves from the person giving them that abuse.