Monday, August 24, 2009

Violence & Child Abuse

FORMS OF ABUSE

The cases cited here, nevertheless, gave a good indication on the types of abuses that are commonly linked to child abuse, a blanket term for mistreating a child. It went to show that a child could be subjected to many forms of abuses, ranging from physical, sexual, emotional to neglect. The abused incidence of children in this country were commited by people known to the children including their parents.

"Children who have been abused would also be neglected and for some children that are abandoned, chances are during the period of abandonment, someone might have abused the child."

Some parents may turn and say they never abused their child. But when you leave your child neglected on the street or at home alone and the male relatives or a neighbour has taken advantage of your child, that in itself constitutes neglect and it is a form of child abuse as you have failed to provide safety for your child.

DIFFERENT REACTION

According to research by child psychologist, different child showed different reaction after he or she had been abused. Some, would be more aggresive, others would be more withdrawn, or display anti-social behaviour. Still, there were abused children who at the end of the traumatic experience, did not show any effects at all.

"There are several factors that would influence how the abused children behave. Like, how young they are when they are abused and how long the abuse has been going on. Obviously, if it is only for a short period of time, it is not very damaging compared to if the child is consistently being abused for many years."

"Other factors include who has been abusing the child. If the abuse is a one time thing and done by a stranger, it would not affect them as much compared to if the abuser is the child's own father."

The personality of the child also played an important factor that would determine the extend of the abuse had on the child. Some children, were more resilient and they could go through the abuse and came out of it like there was nothing happening at all. Social support was also another factor that was crucial to abused children. Early intervention and counselling help a lot.

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