child abuse

Kaylajo B, Courtney C, Marissa A, Kelly C

3/22/11

per. 1/2

E.L.A.

CHILD ABUSE

            Bibliography:http://family.findlaw.com,www.dosomething.org, www.pediatrics.about.com,www.childrensadvocacycenter.org

    Child abuse starts when a parent or a caretaker can not take care of their kids properly by mistreating them or neglecting them. Child abuse has a lengthy history behind it, children have always been seen as a subject to be abuse by parents or older adults. For centuries laws have failed to protect child abuse. In the early 1870's, child abuse capture the nations attention when 8 year old orphan named Mary Ellen Wilson suffered from daily whipping and beatings at her foster home. With no organization existing to protect the abused children, the orphans danger level fell to attorneys for the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and kids. The attorneys argued that the law protecting animals should be no greater then the protection of the children. Child abuse has a long history, hurting many individuals and there are many ways you can help.

    There are four primary types of child abuse: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglection. Physical abuse is when the caretaker harms a child body, even if they don't mean to injure the child by: hitting a child, burning a child, pushing, or throwing a child, biting them, and pulling there hair are different forms of physical abuse. Sexual abuse, which is about 10% of child abuse cases, is any act of touching them wrongly. Like non-touching sexual abuse which includes, exposure, exposing children to pornography, or deliberately exposing a child to sexual act. Touching sexual offenses include fondling, making a child touch an adult's body parts or any penetration of a child's "v". Emotional abuse is ignoring, rejection, isolation, corruption, and terrorization. All of these type of emotional abuse affects there purpose in life. Lastly neglection is physical, educational, emotional, and medical. This effects the kids because if they need it but don't have it then they feel like a know body. These things can cause: problems in school and work, teen pregnancy, suicide attempts, alcohol and drug use, and eating disorders.

    One case in Dallas, Texas was charged for abusing their 6 month old infant so severely  that he was put in intensive care, and they thought he was not going to recover. Another on in Fall River, Massachusetts a mother was charged for burning her four year old foster son with a curling iron, causing three degree burns that required skin graft surgery. In Montgomery County, Alabama in 1991 Robert Doyle was convicted for sexual abuse to his two younger daughters. Richard Mckinley in Dade county, Florida was charged for raping an eleven year old girl. prosecutes told the jury that recovered semen matched his blood type. A police officer testified that he saw McKinley on top of the girl with his pants down. 

   There are many ways to help prevent child abuse. For example set off a good image on kids, be a friend to a parent, take action and don't wait for someone else to do it, volunteer your time in a child crisis shelter. These are ways to help the causes of child abuse in the world.

    As you can see child abuse has a very lengthy history behind it. Child abuse is a major problem, such as hurting a child, forcing the kid to do something they don't want to do. Many children around the world are suffering  because of this, we can help stop this.