The Experience Of Child Abuse

It is a God given right that children be loved, unfortunately there are children that suffer though their childhoods experiencing abuse. There are different kinds of child abuse, it can be physical, emotional or mental or sexual. Any kind of abuse may and probably will have very drastic effects on the abused child and they will need special attention and support from those who care and love them.

Physical abuse involves abuse in a physical capacity. This involves causing a child physical abuse or refraining from giving them the food or other nutrients that they need in order to be healthy. Emotional abuse on the other side is a type of abuse that effects a child's emotions, this can include saying things that lowers the child's self worth. The third type of child abuse is sexual abuse and it is one of the worst kinds of abuse because it is so evasive.

There are several causes of child abuse, just like any other kind of abuse. The biggest cause is mental illness as well as other psychology problems. Many people who suffer from mental illness often cause children harm even if they are unaware of themselves doing it. A lot of the time problems at home or within a family are stressors for child abuse. Parents or guardians that have trouble abusing drugs often and easily cause harm to their children, as well as parents that have money troubles.

Stress is a major factor and sometimes a root cause of child abuse. In order to work with and help a child that has been abused you need to know what the cause of the child's abuse is, in order to help in the right ways. Experiencing child abuse will likely have an emotional and psychological impact on the child even if they don't always display them. Some abused children have thoughts of suicide because of being abused.

The varying effects from being abused vary on how much they were abused. The more abuse the child deals with the more they will be affected by it. Children who have suffered or do suffer from abuse also have trust issues and therefore have trouble making new relationships with people. Other results from being abused are low self esteem, eating disorders and physical disabilities.

Psycho therapies are done to treat cases in which children who have been abused because most of the time it is very traumatic. Parenting classes taught to children when they are growing up is a great way to break the cycle and prevent the same mistakes from happening with future generations.

Child neglect and abuse is something that needs attention because it concerns something so precious, the children of this world. Having family seminars and family planning courses available is a good way to help prevent child abuse in the future. Organizations such as UNICEF work hard to treat these problems. Children are the most important part of society so they deserve to be respected and treated with love and care.