Example Of Child Abuse

Examples of how child abuse can occur
Physical
Physical abuse can include the following:
• Physical discipline
• Striking, punching or striking with a foot
• Shoving, shaking or tossing
• Squeeze skin, nip with teeth , strangle or pulling hair
• Use of unrestrained force when holding/touching
• Purposely spiking
• Smothering
• Made up/encouraged illness
• Mutilation of female genital Neglect
The following are features of child neglect:
• Lack of appropriate care and direction
• Dietary deficiency, shortage of food, inappropriate food or overfeeding
• Lack of growth - weight gain
• Lack of appropriate care for the health and development needs
• Insufficient living conditions – dirty/dangerous
• Inappropriate clothing – too big/too small
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moves homes a lot)
• Ongoing lack of praise and encouragement
• Continuous criticism, sarcasm, hostility or blaming of the child
• Intimidating- bullying
• Conditional parenting – depends behaviours or actions
• Intense over safeguarding
• Unsuitable non-physical discipline – locking in a room
• Continuous witnessing family fights verbally/physically
• Unsuitable expectations of a child not related to their age and stage of development Sexual
• Sexual act purposely acted in the company of a child
• An sexual touching to child/ or asking child to touch body- by a person or object for sexual arousal or gratification
• Masturbation in the company of a child/involvement of a child in act of masturbation
• Sexual intercourse with a child, regardless to oral, vaginal or anal
• Sexual exploitation of a child – grooming, recording or using for prostitution
• Exposing a child to inappropriate material which contains graphic images
• Agreed sexual activity between an adult and person under age
(Tusla, N.D)
All organisations providing services for children must:
• Acknowledge the rights of children to be protected, treated with respect, listened to and have their own views taken into