Informative Speech On Child Abuse

Child Abuse All around the world children are getting abused everyday. It could be your friend, your neighbor, someone you go to school with, a family member, a loved one, or it can be you. Children die every year from child abuse. In 2005, an estimated 1,460 children died as a result of abuse or neglect (USDHHS, 2007). The majority, almost 76.6 percent of these children were 3 years of age or younger. Most of those child fatalities happened at the hands of the parents. Before we can talk about ways to help prevent child abuse we first need to get a better understanding of what child abuse is and to look at the causes and effects of child abuse. What really is child abuse? Child Abuse is defined as the mistreatment of children or minors,
Perpetrators of child abuse or neglect are most often the child’s own parents and 30% of children abused will engage in some form of child abuse with regard to their own children. That's surprising because even though these people know what it's like to be abused and all the pain they went through that they do it to their own children anyways. 90% of child abusers were known by their victims; within this statistic, upwards of 65% were named as family members of the victim (Facts About Child Abuse). These people are suppose to be people that these children can trust but instead they are people that they have to fear.
Some Effects of child abuse is that is can be a gateway for future child abuse offenses. Some aftereffects may be, both short-term and long-term in nature; a wide variety of Facts About Child Abuse exist, which state that victims of child abuse are prone to physical injury, bodily harm, the development of mental and psychological disorders, and in certain cases – death. Female victims of child abuse are almost 25% more likely to become pregnant as teenagers. Some victims of child abuse are more likely to abuse alcohol or drugs and develop alcohol
There are Organizations like preventchildabuse.org that work to promote the healthy development of children and prevent child abuse before it can occur. This organization puts forth 92 cents from every dollar raised towards their program to help prevent child abuse. Another organization is www.nationalcac.org/. They are a organization that provides training, prevention, and treatment services to fight child abuse and neglect. Every state has mandatory reporting laws that require certain people to report apparent or suspected child abuse to a central