Chil Abuse Essay, Research Paper
" One out of three girls , one out of Six boys is are sexually abused before the age of 8"
Every child is vulnerable to abuse. Today parents must face the possibility that someone may hurt or take advantage of your child. Research indicates that as many as one out of every four children will be the victims of some kind of abuse. Very young children as well as older teenagers are victimized. Almost all of these children will be abused by someone they know and trust. For example a relative. Family, friend or a caretaker, many of these people are people you know very well and have a lot of trust in.
In this country the problem of child abuse is very serious. Child
abuse can happen to almost any child. The abuser and the child may seem
normal on the outside, behind the closed doors may be another story. With
help from everyone we can put a stop to child abuse. Child abuse comes in two forms.
One is verbal and the other is physical. Often verbal abuse gets the self-esteem of the
child down while physical abuse could seriously injure the child. Many times the child
had done nothing wrong, but the parents or guardians may be in a bad mood and
use the child as a punching bag. Some causes of child abuse are from the uses of drugs, or
alcohol abuse, or the abuser was also abused when they were little. These causes
starts problems such as runaways who has no place to go. They could grow
up to be bums or even worse. Another problem is that when the child grows up they
could become the next generations of child abusers.
Child abuse can be prevented in a number of ways such as counseling.
For the adults as well as the children. Another way is for the school to
educate the children about child abuse. Teachers should tell the children
what to do in a case of child abuse, the children should tell a person
they trust and also speak forward when someone abuses them.
In my opinion everyone should try to prevent child abuse any way
they can. Child abuse should never start because it can ruin a child’s
Life forever, and causes serious injures to the child.