Types+of+Child+Abuse

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Neglect is the most common type of child abuse which is where the parent or guardian that is responsible for the child fails to provide the child with their common needs. These include adequate food, clothing, hygiene, education, emotional, or medical. Educational would consist of not enrolling the child in school for example or a child not attending school for long periods of time would also fall under this. Emotional needs would be things like nurturing or affection which are important things for developing children. Failing to meet medical needs would consist of failure to medicate the child when in need, bring to the hospital for example when they've hurt themselves, or not bringing them to the doctor to get their annual physicals and shots.=====

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Physical abuse consists of physical aggression directed towards a child by an adult. For example kicking, hitting, pushing, slapping, burning, shaking (which can cause shaken baby syndrome), and so much more. Basically anything that causes physical harm to the child falls here. There is a big difference between physical abuse and discipline. Physical abuse is unpredictable, the child never knows what may set the adult off, there are no clear boundaries and the child walks on egg shells around the adult. The adult will also lash out in anger not out of love and motivation to teach the child right from wrong, they simply want the control of the child. Physically abusive parents also use fear to control the child, they believe that if the child fears them they will behave however physical abuse simply teaches the child how to not get hit not how to behave and grow. Another example would be the transmittion of toxins to a child through the mother such as drinking alcohol or doing drugs while pregnant, drinking alcohol while pregnany leads to fetal alcohol syndrome.=====

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Sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which any adult partakes in sexual acts with a child. This includes asking or pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities. Indecent exposure of the genitals to a child, displaying pornography to a child, physical contact with the child's genitals, viewing the child's genetalia without physical contact, or using the child to produce child pornography are also all forms of child sexual abuse.=====