Child+Abuse

Need help figuring out what is and is not okay at home? Here are checklists to help you figure out if you or another family member has been abused.

Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the USA involving over 6 million children.

 * The USA has one of the worst records among industrialized nations-losing on average between 4 and 7 children everyday to child abuse an neglect **


 * [|Safe Horizons]
 * https://www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/

There are alot of different types child abuses but the main 4 are Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Neglect, and Emotional Abuse
 * What**

There are different types of Child Abuse (excerpt from Childhelp)
===Physical abuse === Any non-accidental injury to a child. This includes hitting, kicking, slapping, shaking, burning, pinching, hair pulling, biting, choking, throwing, shov ing, whipping, and paddling. WHEN : Child abuse is all around the world Child Abuse and neglect may include damage to brain ,vital,organs,eyes,arms ,and legs. An report is made every 10 seconds. http://www.safehorizon.org/

Sexual abuse Any sexual act between an adult and child. This includes fondling, penetration, intercourse, exploitation, pornography, exhibitionism, child prostitution, group sex, oral sex, or forced observation of sexual acts.WHEN ; 1 in 10 children suffer from child abuse.1 in 16 children suffer from child sexual abuse.Nearly 1 in 10 children are witnesses of family violence. Over 30% child sexual abuse victims never disclose the experience to ANYONE.Sexual abuse has been reported up to 80,00 times a year,but that's not even close to how many times it happens. The victims or victim of sexual abuse are most likely to grow up and abuse their kids or commit suicide.

Neglect
Failure to provide for a child’s physical needs. This includes lack of supervision, inappropriate housing or shelter, inadequate provision of food and water, inappropriate clothing for season or weather, abandonment, denial of medical care and inadequate hygiene.

Where
It doesn't matter where child abuse is happening everywhere every time. These children are suffering through allot everyday in Virginia, Georgina , Tennessee , and more. >
 * Did you know that there are 4 types of neglect ?

Emotional abuse
Any attitude or behavior which interferes with a child’s mental health or social development. This includes yelling, screaming, name-calling, shaming, negative comparisons to others, telling them they are “bad, no good, worthless” or “a mistake.” It also includes the failure to provide the affection and support necessary for the development of a child’s emotional, social, physical and intellectual well-being. This includes ignoring, lack of appropriate physical affection (hugs), not saying “I love you,” withdrawal of attention, lack of praise and lack of positive reinforcement.

Kids talk about how they have dealt with abuse in their family. __ [] __
 * Child Abuse Stories:**
 * 8 year old girl sexually abused
 * Various abuse stories from Bursting The Bubble
 * Child Abuse Websites:**
 * Bursting The Bubble
 * ChildHelp 24/7 hotline Phone 1-800-422-4453
 * [|Safe Horizons]
 * http://abolition.nypl.org/home/

http://www.safehorizon.org/


 * https://www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/
 * http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=9&title.raw=13th+Amendment+to+the+U.S.+Constitution%3A+Abolition+of+Slavery
 * http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
 * Advice For Parents When Talking About Child Abuse: **
 * Talking To Your Kids About Child Abuse, Oprah Winfrey Site