Children Are Affected By Child Abuse - 2052 Words

Stetzer 1 Shelby Stetzer Melissa Hrico English 101 10 December 2014 Child Abuse 6.3 million children are affected by child abuse each year. Of those 6.3 million children, only 3 million are investigated by child health care services. A report of child abuse is reports every ten seconds (â€Å"Child Abuse Statistics and Facts†). When people think of child abuse, many think of it as just physical bruises and broken bones. Although that most definitely is a huge part of child abuse, there are also many different kinds. Children can abused by neglect, sexually, physically, mentally and emotionally. Children all ages can suffer from child abuse, and the aggressor could be anyone; not just someone closely related to the child. Child abuse†¦show more content†¦Neglect can come in different forms. There can be physical, educational, emotional, or medical neglect. Physical neglect is basically not providing the child with the right necessities such as: water, food, safety, shelter. The list could go on, but those are just some of th e main points. Physical neglect can have lifelong effects on the child. The main ones that are most common are a serious illness and malnutrition (American Humane). Educational neglect is when the parent or guardian fails to enroll the child into an education program. The type of schooling does not matter. It can be home-schooling, Cyber School, private school, or public school. A failure of enrolling the child into some sort of education can effect that child’s basic life needs. The child’s growth and development will lack dramatically (â€Å"American Humane†). Emotional neglect is often the forgotten one, but one of the most serious. Emotional neglect can come from ignoring, verbally assaulting, terrorizing, and corrupting. Terrorizing can be threatening the child with an extreme punishment, or threatening them with something that you know they fear. Corrupting is exposing the child to destructive, and illegal activities. Emotional neglect can be one the most serious cases because it can affect the child for a lifetime. The child could suffer emotional, socially, physically, and can lead to thoughts of suicide (â€Å"American Humane†).