There was a certain topic that I felt I wanted to do more research on. We have touched child abuse slightly within the text. It is something that I went through, and I feel strongly about. By definition child abuse is wide spread and can occur in any cultural, ethnic, and income groups. Child abuse can be physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual. It can also result from neglect. Abuse can result in serious injury to the child and possibly death. Child abuse can occur in household that suffer from alcoholism, anger issues, and substance abuse.
Studies have shown that approximately one in twenty children are physically abused each year. That to me is an extremely frightening number. You go into a single classroom in a school and there is approximately …show more content…
That there are children that are being neglected. I’ve been there, it is an awful way to live. Now that I have children of my own, I know that I will never allow them to go through this kind of situation. I will do whatever I need to do as their mother to always protect …show more content…
Psychologist have said that children who are abused are often afraid to come to someone about their abuse, due to being afraid that they will be blamed or no one will believe them. And a lot of time they don’t tell people about abuse is because the person they are being abused by is someone they love very much, and they don’t want them to get into trouble. The effects of child abuse are scary. They can grow up to have drug or alcohol addiction. They can have behavioral disorders, educational problems, mental disorders, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, suicide or self-harm. The things that these children go through as children stem their adult life. I know that personally I had a hard time with male relationships. I was someone who could not trust a male figure in my life. When my mom and I finally left my father, I had issues with her new boyfriend, now husband. I had trust issues, and I fought with him a lot. He wanted to be a father figure to me, and that was not something that I wanted in my life. When I met my now husband our relationship started very slowly. I couldn’t just give myself to him, it took a lot of time, and trust to get to the kind of relationship we have
Studies have shown that approximately one in twenty children are physically abused each year. That to me is an extremely frightening number. You go into a single classroom in a school and there is approximately …show more content…
That there are children that are being neglected. I’ve been there, it is an awful way to live. Now that I have children of my own, I know that I will never allow them to go through this kind of situation. I will do whatever I need to do as their mother to always protect …show more content…
Psychologist have said that children who are abused are often afraid to come to someone about their abuse, due to being afraid that they will be blamed or no one will believe them. And a lot of time they don’t tell people about abuse is because the person they are being abused by is someone they love very much, and they don’t want them to get into trouble. The effects of child abuse are scary. They can grow up to have drug or alcohol addiction. They can have behavioral disorders, educational problems, mental disorders, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, suicide or self-harm. The things that these children go through as children stem their adult life. I know that personally I had a hard time with male relationships. I was someone who could not trust a male figure in my life. When my mom and I finally left my father, I had issues with her new boyfriend, now husband. I had trust issues, and I fought with him a lot. He wanted to be a father figure to me, and that was not something that I wanted in my life. When I met my now husband our relationship started very slowly. I couldn’t just give myself to him, it took a lot of time, and trust to get to the kind of relationship we have