Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness Paper Abuse around the world is a never ending problem. People around the world are abused all the time and many of these beatings end up being fatal in the end. Children are a huge part of this vulnerable population as they are not always able to defend themselves. This paper will talk about a vulnerable population; it will describe the population’s demographics; my personal awareness of the population; as well as describe the situation the character from the Neighborhood is in. Vulnerable Population’s Demographics Abuse comes in many different forms.
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
The child could also feel a sad disappointed feeling because their parent won’t give them the attention a child should be receiving or a child could just be being neglected all together possibly by the parent just not caring, but I will tell you all about these things in my paragraphs below. First, Physical abuse: where a parent physically hits the child. The child will have unexplained burns, bites, bruises, broken bones, or black eyes. Also if the child screams and fusses that they don’t want to go or when the time comes to go home. A child could also feel as if any adult that approaches then could be harm to them.
Effects of Child Abuse Tens of thousands of children are suffering each year due to domestic violence by their parents or guardians. Child abuse can result in poor outcomes. Domestic violence is existent in all cultures, homes, communities of faith, etc. Physical abuse refers to any behavior that involves the intentional use of force against the body of another person that risks physical injury, harm, and/or pain (Dutton, 1992). Child abuse has created massive sufferance of children and can cause negative outcomes through emotional instability in the mind and heart, painfulness of physical wounds, and can cause traumatic distress in the future.
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.
How Death impacts a Child’s Development Life Span Development How Death impacts a Child’s Development Everyone has to live through it at one time or another, but there is no one way to grieve over the death of a loved one. The majority of children experience death at a young age. This to them is a new experience that they have to deal with. Just like any other experience, this can be terrifying for them. Losing someone you love through death is one of the most traumatic experiences of anyone's life, especially if it is a parent.
Sexually abuse can include: Incest, Rape, Intercourse, Oral-genital contact, Fondling, Sexual propositions or enticement, Indecent exposure, Child pornography and/or Child pr Child abuse is widespread; an epidemic. Although untold numbers of abused kids are losing their innocence and being forced leaves their childhood well before their time, we forget that fact. Many of us don’t even realize it. The daily rigors of providing the necessities and a happy life for ourselves and families push painful thoughts of children of abuse to the far corners of our mind. What follows here are some hard to face facts.
Keywords: Domestic Violence, emotional maltreatment, problematic behavior, long and short-term effects Domestic Violence and The Effect on the Child Witness Children are often the silent witnesses of domestic violence. Witnessing one parent physically abusing the other can often leave a child as an indirect victim of abuse that is often ignored because there are no physical signs of trauma. More than 3 million American children between the ages of 3 and 17 years witness domestic violence every year (U.S. Department of Justice, 1998). Family violence seriously threatens the stability of families and the health and emotional well being of children (National Research Council, 1993). Scientific efforts to gain and understanding of how family violence effects children have included investigations of (1) the nature of family violence, (2) the extent to which children are victimized, and (3) how these traumatic events adversely affect child development (Cicchetti and Toth, 1995).
The Universal problem is that parents and teachers are becoming more and more irritated in their efforts to raise responsible children. A lot of parents i converse with believe that children are becoming stubborn, impetuous, troublesome, and disobedient towards adults and society in general and they are struggling with what methods they should use to discipline their children. I come from a society where everyone seems to have been spanked while growing up, in fact almost every society in the word has a version of the old proverb; “Spare the rod and spoil the child” these cultures accept beating the misbehaving child as means of correcting the child but many child development experts are convinced that even moderate amounts of corporal punishment can be harmful to a child and consequently should be avoided at all costs. We can all agree in order to ensure that children are successful in life they need to be well disciplined but also socially and morally developed human beings. It is the parent’s duty to keep their children well disciplined along with giving them the opportunity to develop socially and morally.
They may experience sadness and believe that they will never have a real or whole family again. To them, “normal life”, is a thing of the past and they are often unable to see any positive outcomes from the chaos in their life caused by their parents. If sadness of this nature is not addressed properly and is sustained for too long it can develop in to stress and/or depression. Anger can also occur if the child doesn’t fully understand or agree with the circumstances of a divorce, leading them to resentment often times causing them to act out. Being put under a lot of pressure to behave as if nothing is wrong is not fun and can cause children to avoid facing the problem by distracting themselves all in an effort to ignore the issue.