Question by cashewnut: child abuse?
What is “child abuse”?
What are the ways in which a child can be abused?
What are the dreadful consequences of “child abuse”?
How can we prevent “child abuse”?

(I have to do a class discussion about “child abuse”)

Best answer:

Answer by lidia101
Child abuse is the physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect of children by parents, guardians, or others. While most child abuse happens in the child’s home, large numbers of cases of child abuse have been identified within some organizations involving children, such as churches, schools, child care businesses, and in particular native residential schools, or in government agencies. It also sometimes occurs almost anywhere (kidnappings, random murders etc.)

Physical abuse is usually defined as the intentional or nonaccidental inflicting of injury on a child by a caregiver. It manifests as bruises, welts, broken bones, burns, lacerations, or even death. It may occur through hitting, striking, beating, kicking, biting, slapping or other forms of violence directed at a child. Many, if not most, parents who abuse children have been reared in an environment in which some form of maltreatment occurred. Physical abuse appears in all socioeconomic classes, but is correlated with the stresses of poverty.

Primary prevention consists of activities that are targeted at the community level. These activities are meant to impact families prior to any allegations of abuse and neglect. Primary prevention services include public education activities, parent education classes that are open to anyone in the community, and family support programs. Primary prevention can be difficult to measure because you are attempting to impact something before it happens, an unknown variable.

Secondary prevention consists of activities targeted to families that have one or more risk factors including families with substance abuse, teen parents, parents of special need children, single parents, and low income families. Secondary prevention services include parent education classes targeted for high risk parents, respite care for parents of a child with a disability, or home visiting programs for new parents.

Tertiary prevention: These families have already demonstrated the need for intervention, with or without court supervision. Prevention supporters consider ‘tertiary prevention’ synonymous with treatment and entirely different from prevention through family support

Answer by Vivien
Child abuse is when a child is hit and punished,beaten up for no reason that would be reasonable.Child abuse is when a child is injured,inside out,it’s when they’re left out on the street to die.It’s when a child is killed,or left all alone with no love.

The ways a child can be abused is when they feel hurt on the inside and out.Like the paragraph above has details.

The consequences of a child abuser can be a fine of a lot of money,and arrest.The consequences of child abuse that a child is lost(killed),and hurt badly.

We can prevent child abuse by putting up better security.Ensuring that the children are safe with insurance,and loving parents or guardians.

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