There seems to be no known cause for this at this time and more research is required to determine the exact reason for this. There does seem to be several studies that suggest that suicide is more often a result of child abuse if there is a history of mental disorders. PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is the result of years of abuse. The perpetrator may have been abused themselves and suffered from mental disorders as well. We know from experience that the cycle of child abuse is often generational.
For example, one myth that has been accepted throughout the years is “It’s only child abuse if it’s violent.” (Segal, Smith, Saisan) People perceive abuse as only a problem of physicality; however, abuse comes in many different forms. The other forms of abuse are neglect, sexual, and emotional. All these can be just as damaging as physical abuse. Also, many people have talked about and say that, “Child abuse doesn’t happen in “good” families.” (Segal, Smith, Saisan) abuse can happen in any situation at any time. Child abuse crosses a wide line or racial, economic, and cultural situations.
If corporal punishment is so bad why did they allow it to continue for so many years? Are children that were punished affected from the punishment and now suffer untold damage as adults. We will answer these questions in this paper. Corporal punishment to some extent is needed to discipline a child in my opinion. Not so much so that they are physically or mentally hurt but a small swat on the rump to get their attention is necessary at times.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, Twain’s main character Huck, is represented as a child with a bad home life. When we first meet Huck he is living with the Widow Douglas, a nice lady who brought Huck into her home due to an alcoholic father, Pap, who abused and neglected Huck (Twain). Huck’s home life back when the book was published in 1885 was quite different if he were to have been in the same situation currently. Take this same scenario and forward 126 years and call in the authorities. Huck’s home life would be different if he would have lived in the year 2011.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER Martin Luther King was born January 15, 1929 at his parent’s home in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in a Loving home where he doesn’t remember his parents ever arguing, his father wasn’t the type to argue. His mother was a devout Christian who instilled in him at a early age that he was somebody in spite of a Governmental system with its laws and ways that left Negros saying you are “less than,” you are “not Equal to.” Martin’s mother grew up fairly comfortable, she was sent to the best schools and college and was somewhat protected from some of the discrimination, in spite of this she never complacently adjusted her to
Clinton lives at home with his mother and his half brother. Neither him nor his brother has ever met their fathers because they are in federal prison. Both of the boys are biracial and Clinton’s mom feel that her having children out of marriage to two black men really alienated them from her family. Clinton’s mother is very involved in both of the boy’s lives. Her appearance might surprise someone meeting her for the first time, as she is a “rocker chick” with piercing’s and tattoos.
Altogether about 25,000 Amerasians and 52,000 of their immediate relatives migrated into America (Grabmeier). Even after they had been aloud to come to America, the government did not want to bee seen as helping the enemy. While Eurasian children were not accepted into French society because they did not look the part, abandonment was not an issue. There have been established orphanages in Vietnam specifically for Eurasian children since 1847 (Kraal). When the Vietnamese government claimed control of Indochina, French efforts to remove Eurasian children were increased.
In the beginning of the 1900s, social agencies started to supervise foster parents. This was the beginning where children’s needs as individuals were considered when placements were made. Foster care is a system of institutions, group homes, and private homes for abandoned, maltreated, and orphaned children. Placement in foster care is a solution to the care problems of children whose parents are unwilling, unable, or judged by the legal system as unfit to care for them. Foster care is unfavorable to American society, because “according to national statistic 40 to 50 percent of those children will never complete high school.
Emotional abuse is almost always present when other forms are identified. During the time that I was growing this was not reported but this was the norm of the community I lived in. Today this would not happen because of the laws. Child Maltreatment In my paper I will write about how Child maltreatment, Child physical abuse, Sexual abuse, Child neglect could happen right before your own eyes. We find that child maltreatment is a combination of all of these abuses.
Why should people know their child custody laws? First, we need our children to be protected. Second, if we do not know the laws and go through a custody battle, you have a chance to lose your children, even if it is not the best decision for the children. Going through a divorce is not easy in itself, but the children are the ones that suffer the most. There is an astonishing 14.2 percent divorce rate in Nevada (Fiegerman, 2010) one of the highest in the country.