There are three main factors behind the rise in child abuse. First one is the problem that the parents have. Misunderstand about the child abuse, abuse chain and parents’ psychology sometimes causes the oppression. Second one is the problem that the children have. The children who have the character that difficult to treat or some physical trouble can sometimes abused by their parents.
Child abuse within any standard is morally wrong in the eyes of most people. The effects of child abuse on a child are unimaginable. There are many different effects of physical child abuse such as withdrawing from social situations, learning disabilities, and later in life can lead to substance abuse, eating disorders, and depression. The physical aspect of child abuse can be seen in direct injury to the skin, broken bones, bruises, and eventually scarring
In today's world, children as young social individuals can't protect themselves as easily as adults. Therefore, they have been faced with many difficulties in their lives such as abuse, illiteracy or violence. Violence against children is one of the most appalling problems in America, it is the most shocking thing about this issue that children are abused by those that have the responsibility to look after and care for them. In America there are several reasons and ways children are kidnapped, killed, raped and so on. Violence against children it doesn’t happens only in America it happens everywhere, in every country and society and across all social groups, but America is the highest in violence against children.
The usual targets of this kind of violence are women that are most likely, injured. Children living in a household with IPV may not actually witness violent events but are nonetheless exposed to IPV through after-effects including the physical and / or psychological traumatic impacts on the victim. IPV exposure impacts these children and often results to negative short and long term behavioral, psychological, cognitive and social impacts on children. These children witnessing the violence sometimes get involved in the IPV by being caught in the conflict unintentionally or while stepping in to defend a parent being victimized. Children exposed to IPV are also likely to be victims of child maltreatment, as there is a high co-occurrence of both types of violence.
A child could also feel as if any adult that approaches then could be harm to them. There are also signs that you can tell when a parent is abusing the child. An example would be if a parent was talking about the child saying he and or she was very bad or "evil". Another reason why a parent would possible physically abuse a child would be because they were abused themselves when they were younger. Second, Neglect: when a child is being neglected he and or she is consistently dirty and smells really horrid.
IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN Impact of Divorce on Children Rebbecca Jackson Student #25417435 Prof. Kristi Starnes PSYC 210-B16 Abstract The decision to divorce carries a great burden upon the hearts of the adults involved. The focus on the separation of two adults can seemingly take center stage as the process is worked through. Often overlooked is the impact it has upon the smallest sufferers of the decision- the children. Many factors including age and resiliency can explain why not all children experience divorce in the same way. The effects of divorce can vary greatly depending on numerous factors including age and resiliency factors.
A child’s weak mind is unable to deal with such impacting and severe issues that have an effect on their daily life process. Child abuse and bullying can start anywhere from at home to school, to the different atmospheres that they are present in. In a few cases child abuse and bullying can be a cause and effect situation. Cause and effect from the action of being abused as a child, to lead the child into the action of becoming a bully because of prior issues. According to dictionary.com bullying is defined as “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and
I am writing about an issue that occurs within broken families and is a form of child abuse. This little known form of abuse is called Hostile Parenting, formally called Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). Hostile Parenting is a group of behaviors that are damaging to the children’s mental and emotional well-being and can interfere with a relationship between the child and either parent. These behaviors most often accompany high conflict marriages, separation and divorce. The behaviors whether verbal or nonverbal, cause a child to be mentally manipulated or bullied into believing a loving parent is the cause of all their problems, or the enemy to be feared, hated, disrespected and avoided.
Some kids feel betrayed by their separated parents. Miscommunication between parents and kids enters the relationship. They feel they have to take care of themselves, to put matter in their own hands. These effects damages kids, and most often Children whose parents have divorced are more and more the targets of abuse. These abuse often lead to low self-esteem and in some extreme cases
All children occasionally react in this way on a bad day or if upset by a situation, and many teenagers go through troublesome times. But children with oppositional defiant disorder are like this all the time, making them very hard to deal with. Symptoms The key behavioural symptoms of ODD are negative, hostile and defiant behaviour. For ODD to be diagnosed, symptoms have to have been present for at least six months and involve four or more of the following: often loses temper often argues with adults often actively defies or refuses to comply with adults’ requests or rules often deliberately annoys people often blames others for his mistakes or misbehaviour often touchy or easily annoyed by others often angry and resentful often spiteful or vindictive. To be classified as ODD, the behaviour also has to have caused a significant degree of disturbance to home, social or school life.