In this world there are many children who are being hurt and there is a lot of ways this could happen. There are multiple forms of child abuse and all of them leave a deep lasting impression on children. Most people believe that all child abuse is physical but mostly it’s emotional (helpguide.org/). Often physical abuse can lead to emotional scarring to that child which could possibly follow them for a good portion of their lives. When a child is abused physically they can heal and do their best to forget about, but after they are emotionally abused it traumatizes them almost to point where they can never forget about it.
A statistic taken by http://www.childhelp-usa.com shows that approximately 78.5% of child abuse comes from neglect. This is approximately over 500,000 reports of child abuse. Neglecting a child is another way to cause emotional abuse. This leads the child to believe that they are worthless and not needed. Other forms of neglect are failure to provide things such as physical health care, supervision, emotional nurturing and education. This can lead to problems in the future for children. These are problems such as health, physical, emotional, psychological and social problems. Another way this can affect the child is when they grow up to have a relationship. When they grow up and get in a relationship they will have trust issues with their partner. This is due to the fact that they are afraid they will be hurt emotionally again. The second highest form of abuse is physical at 17.6%. Physical abuse is the most visible kind of abuse. Physical abuse is any form of hitting or assaulting another person. When someone is abused at a young age they grow up to think that it is ok to abuse other people. This leads to social problems such as being a bully and not being able to make friends. Then when they grow up and have children they too will abuse their child. This creates a never ending cycle of abuse that can’t and