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Teenage parenthood is a large cause of child abuse in our society. There is an alarming lack of knowledge among teens in our communities concerning how to raise a child, and because of this, these young parents turn to child abuse because they do not know how to raise and deal with their children. In addition to this lack of knowledge, most teenage parents are not emotionally ready for the responsibility of taking care of a baby and therefore would not understand how to properly discipline him or her. After all, as Laura Meilner said, "Teenage parents are children themselves". The situation can even be worsened when a child (obviously old enough to walk and talk) has an independent, strong-willed personality or maybe ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder). In these cases, the parents might not understand how to respond to the children's behavior, and they think that they are just doing it to be rebellious and bad, when in fact, they cannot help it or that is just their personality (Meilner). While both the female and male parents of the child do not yet have a full understanding of how to raise a developing human, researchers have found that it is often the young men who are most in the dark. Schools and other educational centers have not fully embraced the opportunity to show young men how to deal with babies - everything ranging from how to care for infants to how to react when they will not stop crying (Hampel B1+). Another important thing that they should be aware of is the fact that they are just as responsible for the child as the mother is (Hampel B1+). Sometimes the teenage parents keep the babies instead of giving them up for adoption for the wrong reasons (Glore 53). Then they are stuck with a child that they do not want, and the child is not loved and cared for as it should be. Occasionally, the mother only keeps the child to please others, like her parents, who say they will help care for the child support it financially, or friends who think that it is not right to give up a child.
Child Abuse Writing this paper was difficult for me. ... So I am writing my paper on child abuse because sexual abuse is a form of child abuse. My paper is mainly on physical child abuse. ... Two other forms of child abuse are sexual and emotional abuse. The most common form of child abuse is neglect. ...
By 1992, almost 3 million reports of child abuse were filed nationwide, including 1,261 child abuse-related fatalities. ... There are four forms of child abuse: emotional, physical, sexual abuse, and neglect. Emotional abuse, also known as verbal abuse, mental abuse, and psychological maltreatment, includes acts or the failures to act by parents or caretakers that have caused or could cause serious behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorders. ... Domestic violence often includes child abuse. ... Battery is the leading cause of injury to women. ...
Child abuse is not only physically harmful to the child, but it also affects a child emotionally. ... Emotional abuse, also known as mental abuse, verbal abuse, and psychological maltreatment can cause serious behavioral, cognitive, and emotional or mental disorders. ... Neglect is the number one cause of abuse in America. ... However, it is not the number of victims that society needs to be more aware of, but it is the causes of child abuse because that is what needs to be stopped. In fact, one major cause of child abuse is that stable marriages are being replaced by unstable "families."" ...
CHILD ABUSE: AN EXPLANTION Child abuse is the physical or emotional abuse of a child by a parent, guardian, or other person. ... Murder is the fourth leading cause of death in children from one to four years of age and the third leading cause of death in children from five to fourteen years of age. ... There have been some recent changes in regards to the causes of child abuse. The results of investigation originated by the National Research Council's Panel on Research on Child Abuse and Neglect showed the first important step away from the simple cause and effect patterns. ... T...
"Child abuse refers to any action on the part of an adult or an individual that intentionally inflicts, or causes to inflict physical or psychological injury or sexual violation of the child including corporal punishment (www.childadvocate.org)." ... The second factor that causes child abuse is poverty .Mc Neill a Social Worker argues that the leading cause of child abuse in the united states is poverty. ... Given the obvious and direct link that exits between poverty and child abuse, given that poverty, according to studies, in fact in many cases can be said to cause child abuse, why do so m...
These children have to overcome various obstacles in life that the average child does not. ... This is due to the fact that abuse causes physical damage to kids' underdeveloped brains. These psychological implications can cause cognitive delays, or emotional difficulties. ... Children who have experienced abuse are nine times more likely to become criminal activities; studies document the correlation between child abuse and future juvenile delinquency. ... Abuse victims are also likely to become abusers themselves. ...
Child maltreatment and neglect includes a variety of intentional actions or lack of actions by a parent or caregiver that causes harm to a child. Child maltreatment is also known as child abuse. ... Physical abuse is any intentional act that causes a physical injury to a child. ... Neglect causes potential or actual harm or both. Emotional abuse is maltreatment that causes damage to psychological growth and development (Sanders & Becker, 1995). ...
CHILD ABUSE – LOCAL STATISTICS (As per the Study on Child Abuse India 2007 by Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India) India is home to almost 19 percent of the world's children. ... # Emotional Abuse and Girl Child Neglect 1. Every second child reported facing emotional abuse. 2. ... However, emotional abuse and neglect are serious types of child abuse that are often more subtle and difficult to spot. Child neglect is the most common type of child abuse. 1. ...
The child may lie about the injury in fear of parental relations saying the abuse was caused by a bicycle accident or a fall down a flight of stairs. ... Sexual abuse is not only the act of intercourse and/or sexual contact including fondling the child's genitals, manual masturbation of the abuser by the child, and/or all forms of oral-genital contact. ... "Mental injury includes acts or omissions by the parents or other person responsible for the child's care that have caused, or could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorders" (Landers, "No longer behind ...