Is child abuse taken as seriously as it should be? Alice was very young when she was sexually abused by a friend her family knew. It took Alice ten years to tell anyone what she had been through. She was scared because of what she went through‚ and did not know who she could trust to tell. Looking back‚ Alice feels as if she has lost her childhood. As she grew older‚ Alice noticed herself isolating herself from friends and family and began having night terrors. She had problems focusing in school
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Abuse as a Child‚ the Affects as Adults Crista Hurley Eng101 Composition I Instructor Matt Beardmore November 28‚ 2012 NAME: Crista Hurley THESIS: Adults do not stop and think about how difficult it may be for others who have experienced abuse‚ while some just fight daily to show these affects can take a toll on any activity throughout life. BACKGROUND: As children we intrust our parents to treat us with assurance and love‚ instead there are children who receive a form of abuse‚ not all
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Causes of Child Abuse Many people have difficulty understanding why any person would hurt a child. The public often assumes that people who abuse their children suffer from mental disorders‚ but fewer than 10 percent of abusers have mental illnesses. Most abusers love their children but tend to have less patience and less mature personalities than other parents. These traits make it difficult to cope with the demands of their children and increase the likelihood of physical or emotional abuse.
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TARGET CHILD ABUSE When people think of child abuse they usually believe that abusers neglect and victimize all of their children equally. This is not always the case. Targeting one child for abuse is actually more common than people would believe. Many parents single out one individual child for their negative attention and abusive treatment. Typically these parents will also pick one child to be their favorite‚ showering that child with attention‚ praise‚ gifts and tolerance. The emotional
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abused met the diagnostic criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder at age 21” (Child Welfare Information Gateway). There are many long-term problems that stem from abuse as children‚ such as depression‚ anxiety‚ eating disorders‚ and attempts at suicide‚ but this Extended Essay will investigate only the three most prominent‚ long-term psychological effects of child abuse‚ focusing specifically on the types of abuse that may lead to the following disorders: dissociation‚ multiple-personality disorder
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obligation to report child abuse to the officials in the area. Mandated reporting laws are not applicable in all states‚ however‚ a federal law governing the country surpasses any policy of state. So while some states‚like Maryland‚ do not have penalties for failure to report crimes against children‚ it is still covered under federal statute. So in all of the states and territories of the U.S have enacted criminal punishment for failure to report the abuse and/or exploitation of a child. Twenty States
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parents instinctive desire to protect is unrealized and children are thereby exposed to the risk of child abuse. Thus begins the cycle of abuse‚ which‚ once started‚ cannot be stopped. Determining and moderating the causes of child abuse have been central objectives in all research‚ theory and methods of intervention in this complex area (Gelles and Loseke 1993). A recurrent theme in the child abuse literature for some time has been the notion that it is maltreated children who become abusive parents
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Child abuse A statue stands in a shaded place An angel girl with an upturned face A name is written on a polished rock A broken heart that the world forgot” This is a quote by Martina Mcbride and it illustrated that when a person’s life is covered in a blanket of darkness‚ then they will not think themselves as important and they will start to grow hatred for themselves‚ this sometimes results in suicide in later years. Child abuse is when a feeling of anger engulfs a person so much so their
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Scope…………………………………………………………………3 Discussion……………………………………………………… 4 4 Causes………………………………………………………………… 4 Types of sexual abuse………………………………………………. Warning signs of sexual abuse……………………………………..5 5 Psychological harm…………………………………………………. Physical harm……………………………………………………….6 Recovery…………………………………………………………….6 6 Child sexual abuse in Lebanon…………………………………... Reaction to sexual abuse…………………………………………13 Conclusion …………………………………………………… 15 Recommendations………………………………………… 15 References…………………………………………………… 16
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Gone Baby Gone – Neglect Child neglect is the failure to provide a child with basic needs. Child neglect is a form of maltreatment that is usually done to children by their parents or caregivers. “Child neglect is a term used most often to encompass parents’ or caretakers’ failure to provide basic physical health care‚ supervision‚ nutrition‚ personal hygiene‚ emotional nurturing‚ education‚ or safe housing” (Miller-Perrin‚ & Perrin‚ 2007). The issue with this definition is determining how much
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