Why Do Some Parents Whitecture Their Own Children?

Picture you as a young child. Day by day you are beaten with a cord, by your father, often being told "I wish you'd never been born, you stupid child!" You wonder if you really are the bad person, feeling ashamed of yourself. You hide your pain deep inside where no one can see it and cover the bruises and scars inside and out. You isolate yourself from your family and friends. Hating and blaming yourself truly wishing you'd never been born. Today, more than 7,906 children are physically abused in Australia. Whilst research suggests that physical abuse peaks when children are 4 to 8 years old, physical assault resulting in death occurs most often to toddlers and infants (Kaplan and Labruna 1998). In my opinion, child abuse is terribly disturbing and should be stopped. Do we not all think that children should deserve to live their childhoods in peace and harmony? Why do some parents deliberately torture their own children?
Physical child abuse is a heart-breaking act and can gravely affect a child's life and opportunities. It can harm their academic thinking, their ability to
develop friendships and their physical development and coordination. I really don’t think it's fair for a child's poor life to be sacrificed and damaged just because an adult recklessly bashed them. But child abuse is more than bruises and broken bones.
Whilst physical abuse might be the most visible, emotional abuse can also leave deep, lasting scars in a child's life. A Cybertots child care worker says/reveals, "I used to wonder why Darren wasn't like the other boys, who were quite boisterous and outgoing, although I remembered that when he was younger he wasn't so quiet and shy. I later found out that one of Darren's relatives used to look after him quite often, and apparently she used to be quite nasty – calling him names and teasing him constantly." I believe that no child should ever be told that they aren't good enough, or feel threatened by adults from their abusive language. For aren’t parents supposed to just simply love and support their children? Whilst child abuse occurs within the family, the impact does not end there. Society as a whole pays a price for child
abuse. According to the child psychologist Haim Ginott,"children are like wet cement whatever falls on them makes an impression." Unfortunately, sadistic parents therefore subversively/unfavourably/critically influence their child's behaviours and thoughts. Research shows that 82% of mistreated children grow up to be paedophiles themselves, 80% meet criteria for at least one psychological disorder as adults such as substance abuse and 84% of all prison inmates have been abused as a child. So, child abuse affects just about everyone to a degree. In communities, suffering from the act of crime itself can be damaging as well as the fear of crime in high-crime communities. In the twenty-first century it's estimated that the annual cost of crime in Australia is reaching towards $36 billion. Shouldn’t we all help combat child abuse, for every child’s safety and wellbeing as well as for the societal consequences.