...Tanya Perez Dr. Dreyer English 1213 25 January 2014 To Be or Not To Be….A Child Child Abuse is most commonly known as physical maltreatment (neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse or neglect ) of a child. Lasting scars are left by neglect and child abuse. Physical scars can be present from spanking, slapping, beating, burning and any other negative physical contact a victim may have endured. However, it is the emotional scars that have the longest lasting effects on children. According to a yearly report, done by the Child Welfare Information Gatewat (CWIG), 686,000 children are victims of neglect and abuse. CWIG states for every 1,000 children, 9 are victims of abuse. Children are mostly abused by their parents, accounting for four-fifths of the victims. Two-fifths of that was mom acting alone, one-fifth of dad acting alone and one-fifth mom and dad acting together. (Child Welfare Information Gateway). If you can’t trust mom and dad, who can you trust? The remaining one-fifth of abuse was done by a non-parent. Parents have used excuses such as that they were abused as children, stress, financial problems and drug/alcohol abuse for the abuse they inflict. Lack of trust is a big effect these children will encounter in their lives. They can shy away from strangers, becoming withdrawn and afraid. This hinders progress in school and work. Children may fear being controlled. Constantly being told you are bad, stupid and worthless can eat at...
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...Sexual abuse in children and teens. From 2009-2013, CPS agencies found strong evidence to indicate that 63000 children a year were victims of sexual abuse. Most people don't understand why someone would want to rip the innocence from a child. Most perpetraitors end up in prison. Child sexual abuse is when someone innapropiately touches a child. A child cannot consent to any form of sexual activity. When someone engages with a child in this way, they are commiting a crime that can have lasting effects on the victim. Child sexual abuse is not always physical contact. Some forms of child sexual abuse are: fondling, intercourse, sex trafficking, exhibitionism, obscene phone calls or messages, also owning pornagraphic images or videos of a minor. This is usally seen in rural areas of low income single parent families with a love in partner and with multiple children. Physical abuse is also seen, and this is when disciplinary actions get out of hand. In serious cases the parent or guardian is removed and the child is placed with a family member or foster family for the time being. After a child is placed in the system there are services provided to the families that need assistance with the protection and care of the child. The system arranges adoption or permanent family conection for the child once they leave foster...
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...Child abuse and child neglect are two different categories under maltreatment. Neglect is not doing your duty to provide a child’s physical and mental needs. An example of child neglect is if a hooked parent on either alcohol or drugs and their judgment might be clouded, making the parent unstable to provide care to a child. On the other hand child abuse is when you’re purposely harming a child physically, mentally and or sexually. An example of child abuse would be a parent tearing down a child by telling them they're “not worth it”; they “will never be exceptional” or even going as far as putting their hands on a child or someone else in front of a child. Both child abuse and child neglect are tremendous issues in today’s society, but neglect...
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...Discipline or Abuse: Where is the line drawn? According to childhelp.org, a foundation for the prevention and treatment of child abuse, every year 3.3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States. And in these 3.3 million reports approximately six million children are harmed every year by one of these malicious acts; and that’s about six million too many. Simply defined, child abuse refers to physical, mental, or sexual harm done to a minor whether it is intentional or unintentional. But, unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Not only are there several different categories for child abuse, but states also have their own laws are regulations defining the acts. Although Congress has enacted several pieces of legislature in response to the continual problem, clearly that is not enough. It was reported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that in 2011 approximately 5 children were lost every day due to abuse related deaths (childhelp.org). There is an obvious need for reformation in order for this pandemic to be overcome. Although it’s not the most known form of maltreatment, child neglect is the most prevalent form of child abuse in the U.S. today, as reported on childhelp.org by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. They reported that of the 3.3 million cases reported each year, 78.3 percent alone is due to child neglect (childhelp.org). Neglect falls into four basic categories: physical, educational, emotional, and medical. Physical...
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...side effects from ADHD medications than older children”. If the parents have older children and decide to use medication, they should understand the different types of drugs associated with...
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...Psy of Personality Child Abuse Child abuse is the physical, psychological, or sexual abuse, or neglect of a child by a caregiver responsible for the child’s welfare (Fryer 80). Although it is easy to see the harms child abuse causes to a child physically, many fail to realize the social and emotional damages that are triggered in early childhood development and continued throughout adolescence and adulthood. Victims of child abuse mature into troubled adults with lasting emotional and psychological problems, along with a sense of rejection and frustration which is passed on to future generations. Child abuse victims need to be treated to prevent not only the possible permanent physical or psychological scarring, but to also break the violence breeding generation cycle (Fontana 9). Children have been beaten, violated, and murdered, and sadly these cases have been increasing during past decades (Fontana 3). This maltreatment occurs among all types of families and is not limited to any particular racial, religious, economic, intellectual, or social group (Fryer 15). There are various forms of child abuse; though the four most prevalent types include physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional/psychological abuse, and neglect, all of which place very damaging effects upon its victims (Fryer 14). Over the past several decades, however, major concern has shifted from the physical damages of child abuse to the permanent psychological damages that affect the child for the remainder of...
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...behavioral and emotional functioning. Generally, students using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL); Achenbach & Edelbrock, 1983) and similar measures have found child witnesses of domestic violence to exhibit more aggressive and antisocial (“”internalized”” behaviors), and to show lower social competence than other children. Children from home where their mothers were being abused have shown less skill in understanding how others feel and examining situations from others’ perspective when compared to children from non-violent households. Peer relationships, autonomy, self-control, and overall competence...
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...can counter the effects of trauma. What are the determining factors that lead to developmental delays when a child is exposed to trauma? Give details on the prevalence of different types of trauma and if they differ among different cultures. Make sure to support everything you report with at least 2–3 current APA citations and then a reference page at the end. Review the Essay Grading Rubric before submitting. Your paper must be at least 600 words. Abstract Trauma is an experience that all people are potential vulnerable towards. Trauma comes in many forms ranging from non-typical situations of abuse and neglect to intense reaction to life events such as the death of a loved one or a natural disaster. Trauma may be experienced personally or may result from witnessing a particular event. The effects of trauma are long lasting, though not necessarily irreversible. Trauma may result in a variety of mental health or addiction diagnosis and often has significant impacts on neurological development. While trauma has many negative effects, there are many approaches to trauma that may minimize these effects. One such approach described in the paper is a spiritual approach. Spiritual development and application may provide understanding and hope after a person has experienced trauma and is often a successful means of recovering from the effects of a traumatic experience. SAMPLE Trauma Kuban (2012) defines childhood trauma as any experience that a child perceives as terrifying...
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...from consuming things that harm you because you are living inside of her womb, so her decisions are what affect you. A mother should not be allowed to use any form of illegal drugs while she is pregnant as this can cause severe problems for the child developing inside of her. Any woman, who consumes illegal drugs while pregnant, should be charged with child neglect and abuse; preventing the woman from being the mother to that child she doesn’t care for. A mother is supposed to protect her child, not harm...
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...November 2012 Long Term Effects of Children of Addictive Parents Nothing makes a child grow up faster than having a parent who is addicted to drugs. A child of an addicted parent has no choice but to act as an adult. These children are often left alone and when they aren’t alone, their addicted parent is usually passed out in a drug induced stupor; leaving the child to fend for themselves and/or their siblings. Does having a drug addicted parent have an effect on a child’s emotional development? If so, does this form of abuse that is recognized in the category of neglect have a long lasting effect on the child into adulthood? A child of an addict is constantly exposed to risks more so than the average child. The children are placed in harmful situations such as being minimally supervised, extended exposure to secondhand smoke; exposure to HIV infected needles and are placed in situations where they can accidentally ingest the parent’s drugs. There are many different factors that lead to child abuse but poverty, alcohol, and drug use seem to be to main component to the disturbing increase of neglected children. Children raised in an unloving, unresponsive household are emotionally neglected. In addition, neglected children are more likely to come from single parent households. Overall incidents of child abuse cases have fallen, however; abuse of children in single-parent households still holds the overall national trend. Although child abuse and neglect overall are...
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...production designers (that were never credited) and Cedric Gibbons as the art director. (IMDb, n.d) This movie is about a young, girl from Kansas named Dorothy Gale played by Judy Garland who dreams of another life. Dorothy lives on her auntie Emily (Clara Blandick) and uncle Henry’s (Charley Grapewin) farm, and has friends named “Hunk (Ray Bolger), Zeke (Bert Lahr) and Hickory (Jack Haley). All of the mentioned friends play a vital roles as The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), Corporal punishment in today’s world is the deliberate infliction of pain for disciplining a behavior deemed unacceptable. This form on discipline is considered to be used to correct behavior but does it instill aggressive behavior that will lead to domestic violence or even child abuse. This form of punishment is considered to be the most commonly used form of discipline in America today and is currently legal. This type of discipline is not favorable in today’s society and statistics indicate it will lead to future aggression later in life? The official definition of corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behavior deemed unacceptable. The term usually refers to methodically striking the offender with the open hand or with an implement whether in judicial, domestic, or educational settings. (Wikipedia, 2014) The basic definition of corporal...
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...Child Abuse The age group of choice is school aged years. The types of abuse that are most often seen in this age group are physical abuse and sexual abuse. Any intentional bodily harm inflicted on a child is physical abuse. It may occur due to burning, beating, biting, punching or poisoning, among other factors. Within this age group, it mainly results from excessive discipline by caregivers. It often leads to cuts, burns, bruises or broken bones. The effects are long-lasting and may result in death in severe cases. Sexual abuse, on the other hand, includes any form of sexual advances, be it by touching, by intercourse or by exposing children to sexual materials. Both physical and sexual abuse can happen concurrently, and the effects may extend to adulthood. Warning signs that a nurse may see that could indicate child abuse include behavioral abnormalities. In this case, the nurse does not ignore inappropriate behavior by assuming it is mere disobedience. Fear and difficulty in expressing emotions, withdrawal and isolation, stranger anxiety, physical injuries, scars, missing hair and excessive crying, among others, are the findings to look out for during physical and emotional assessments. Inappropriate clothing and uncomfortable movement may also be indicators. Cultural variations of health practices that can be misidentified as child abuse include dermabrasion therapy (Davis, 2000). Although it used to treat illnesses, it is often mistaken for child abuse since it involves...
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...Sexual Abuse: Sexual abuse represents any kind of sexual contact between an adult or older teen and a child. This behaviour is used to gain power over the child and often involves a betrayal of the child's trust. There are many types of sexual abuse, some include physical contact or touching offenses. This includes fondling, touching sexual organs, masturbation, making the child touch the adult sexually, and vaginal or anal penetration with self or objects. Non touching offenses include exposing a child to pornographic material, indecent exposure, leering and deliberately putting the child in the position of having to witness an act of sexual intercourse. Effects of sexual abuse: If an adult is still in a relationship with someone and are being sexually abuse by someone else sex with their partner may feel like an obligation and sexual thoughts and images that are disturbing. They may find it difficult watching sexual scenes on the television or in movies and may freak out at this. A woman may also feel vaginal pain due to forced sexual intercourse; this could last for quite a while and can be very uncomfortable for the woman. For a man being abused outside a relationship they might find erections problems or ejaculatory difficulty when with their partner, this may be both difficult for them and their partner and may be frustrating. When having sexual intercourse with a partner there may be Detachment or emotional distance. When being touched they might feel guilt, fear...
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...Harmful Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect On behalf of the NCANDS in 2016 there were 676,000 victims of abuse and neglect. A national study conducted by several researchers with the help of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) accompanied by the Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule-DSM-IV Version (AUDADIS-IV), the Adverse Childhood Experiences study (ACE study; Dube et al., 2001, 2003), the Conflict Tactics Scale (Straus, 1979), and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (Bernstein et al., 1994) supported the theory that there is a direct correlation between child...
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...1.1 The possible effects of a traumatic experience. The Psychology dictionary describes trauma as any unpleasant psychological or physical experience, which may have a detrimental influence usually of a long lasting nature on the development of the personality of a person. Examples are an accident or the death of a loved one .Trauma overwhelms the general feeling of control, connection and reason and replaces it with intense fear, helplessness, and loss of control and threat of annihilation (Van der Walt, 2007:7). With reference to the above definitions, with regard to trauma and traumatic experiences it is rather clear that Tina has been affected by these experiences. Her step brother has been sexually abusing her for a period of six months, thus she has been exposed physically and psychologically to trauma. It is clear that, her behaviour to avoid her stepbrother, displays fear and helplessness within her own home. If Tina is not assisted and supported by responsible and adults and caregivers the situation will affect her dramatically in time. She might later in life not trust anyone or see reason to trust people due to fear or loss of control. Her sense of support from family ,friends or teachers , will determine the sense of identity and belonging. Tina has the added pressure and stress coming from her mother who blames her for her father leaving them at 3 years old(which a is a traumatic experience on its own) and then to experience guilt for such a situation can leave...
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