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Essay / Child Abuse in Society, a Widespread Concern Today
Child abuse is a widespread concern in today's society that is often misunderstood or overlooked. Children of all social classes and ages are regularly victims of physical, emotional and sexual violence. Adolescents often suffer physical and emotional consequences from parental abuse. Children suffer from anxiety about their own home and parents, for fear of being abused or neglected. These abuses mainly occur in the homes of uneducated or unhappy parents. However, child abuse crosses all racial, cultural, religious and economic boundaries. Many upper-class households have a discreet behavior that others would never suspect. Parents who have the mindset to harm a child, regardless of their social status, will do so. Research proves that child abuse does not only occur in poor or uneducated homes, but occurs across all social ranks. Child abuse occurs daily in all social classes of society. Every year, the number of deaths among young people increases. On average, four to seven children die every day due to prolonged neglect and abuse (National). Children from birth to the age of four are more likely to die from this physical violence (Statistics). Infants, toddlers, children and adolescents could all be victims. Around forty-nine percent of boys and fifty-one percent of girls are victims (National). Even if the figures are close, girls are mistreated much more often. Child abuse and neglect takes many different forms, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Physical violence is common in all homes, rich and poor. Injury, death or mental health problems are the effects of physical harm. "While physical abuse may be the most visible, other types of abuse, such as psychological abuse and...... middle of paper ......-child-abuse/fact-sheets/emotional -abuse.html> Jenkins, Beverly. “8 Rich People Whose Lives Were Actually Miserable.” Oddee.Np,August 29.Web.February 28, 2014< http://www.oddee.com/item_98693.aspx.>Narain, Jaya. “Children from privileged families are more likely to develop mental health problems, new study finds.” Mail Online.Np, November 10, 2013.Web.February 27, 2014. ^ "National Child Abuse Statistics". ". Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment. Np, and Web. March 30, 2014. < http://www.childhelp-usa.com/pages/statistics >."Child Abuse Statistics." Chronicle of the Tribune Np, February 16, 2014. Web. March 11, 2014. http://tribune-chronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/599532/Statistics-for-child-abuse--disturbing-.html?nav.=5017