Child Abuse by Chandra Kadar

By Chandra Kadar

Research shows that in the USA an estimate of 906,000 children are victims of abuse and neglect each year, which is making child abuse as common as it is shocking.  It doesn't matter whether the abuse is physical, emotional, sexual or neglect, either way children are suffering.  The emotional scars can be deep and long-lasting and often lead to future child abuse.  you can learn the signs and symptoms of child abuse and help break the cycle.  With your help, we can do so much.  So just take the time to read this article and see how millions of children are being punished each year just for being themselves.

How can anyone hurt an innocent soul?  A poor, defenseless child?  Furthermore, how can anyone stand the thought of abusing their own flesh and blood?  The worst part of all of this is most of us can't even imagine why an adult would want to hurt a child.  Child abuse is more common than you may think.  It crosses all social classes and all ethnicities.  Yet sadly, child abuse is in the hands of those who are supposed to be the child's protectors: the parents.  As we have seen, child abuse can happen in many different ways, but the results are the same: serious physical and emotional harm.  Physical and sexual abuse may be the most commonly discovered type of abuse, since they sometimes leave physical evidence behind.  Even though emotional and neglect abuse are serious types of abuse, they are often more subtle and hard to spot.

Many people wonder how child abuse happens, but there isn't just one possibility, there are so many.  There are many complicated issues that lead to child abuse.  Child abuse could be caused by the pattern learned in childhood.  Without thinking about what he or she is doing, the cycle of child abuse continues.  Alcohol and drug abuse also lead to serious errors in judgment.  Drinking alcohol and doing drugs just make child abuse more common, and with all of that, it's making it more likely to happen.  Also, due to being intoxicated, alcohol and drug abuse frequently lead to child neglect as well.

All types of child abuse and neglect leave scars that can last a child a lifetime.  Some of these scars might be physical, but emotional scarring has long-lasting effects throughout life, damaging a child's sense of all that he or she is capable of.  It can even destroy the child's sense of having a healthy relationship with anyone.  One of the worst things about child abuse is that it has a cycle of repeating itself.  As some have seen, children that have been abused sometimes grow up to be abusive parents, which is not really what we want for young kids.  One out of every three kids that are being abused each day is more likely to become an abusive parent in the future.  So tell me, is that what you really want?  Help us prevent that.  Don't influence kids to do the wrong thing.  Everything has its consequences.  You may be reluctant to interfere in someone's family, but you can make a big difference in a child's life if you do.  People need to understand that the earlier they speak up about something, the better chance there is that the child's scars will heal.  Only time can tell.  Sometimes, some of the damage that has been done cannot be undone, but that doesn't mean things won't change for that person's life.