Keeping secrets

There are all kinds of reasons for child abuse. As there are different kinds of child abuse. Such as, physical abuse, sexual abuse, mental abuse, and neglect. Abuse occurs in all cultures. It doesn 't care if you 're rich or poor, what color your skin is, what your religious background is, or any other mitigating factors. No one is immune to abuse. If a child has unexplained bruises, broken bones, and even cigarette burns, that is physical abuse. Physical abuse can also cause death to the child. No adult has a right to beat a child, no matter what. There are many reasons why a parent or an adult uses physical abuse on a child. The parents or adult could have come from an abusive home himself or herself. If that is all that the adult was taught growing up, then that is all he or she is going to know. This is what makes it possible for it to be passed down to their children and their children will pass it down to their children. It is an endless chain of abuse. Alcohol and drugs play a big role in child abuse. The parents are already stressed out by a variety of social conditions and when they get home from work they can start drinking or using drugs, if not both, This can trigger the violent behavior. I must mention that alcohol & drugs aren 't the cause for all parents who abuse. My adopted parents didn 't drink alcohol or use drugs. They were even "upstanding" members in our community & active members in the church. Ironic now when I think about my childhood that Sundays were the only days of the week that I didn 't get knocked around. Children are even sexually abused. A parent, guardian, relative, or a family friend can sexually abuse them. The age doesn 't even matter. There are babies that have been sexually abused as well as teenagers. Some children can 't or won 't tell another adult that they are being sexually abused. It is up to adults to look for signs of sexual abuse, such as physical complaints, fear of certain people or places, withdrawal from