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Police found Hana’s body starved and naked, wrapped in a sheet in her adoptive parents’ backyard. They had denied her food, they locked her in a closet, forced her to sleep in a barn. She had been repeatedly struck with a 15 inch plastic tube before she died (Christianity). Child abuse, also called cruelty to children, was once viewed as a minor social problem affecting only a handful of U.S. children. With increased public and professional awareness has come a sharp rise in the number of reported cases. Child abuse among parents is on the rise because of the increase of stress, emotional and monetary strain. The increase of child abuse has risen all over the world. The abuse is getting worse, more and more children are being abused each day. Melissa J. Doak says in, “Causes and Effects on Child Abuse”, Rated that 1.5% of the countries children were confirmed victims of abuse in 1996. 77% parents were the abusers. 11% says that relatives were the abusers. More than 1,000 U.S. children die from abuse. 40 million children ages 14 and younger suffer from the abuse and neglect” (Cause). Neglect is the failure to satisfy a child’s basic needs. This can assume in many forms. Experts say, “The main neglect is physical neglect. Parents fail to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, or supervision. In 1996, neglect was the finding in 52% if the confirmed abuse cases” (Cause). Another form of neglect is emotional neglect. This is the failure to satisfy a child’s normal emotional needs, or behavior that damages a child’s normal emotional and psychological development (such as permitting drug abuse in the home). Without emotional needs, the child could have a struggle growing up not knowing any love or any emotions toward people. Chi... ... middle of paper ... ..., emotional and monetary problems. Parents never intend to hurt their children. When they go through these problems they have a tendency to take the anger out on them. Child abuse is getting worse each day and there is no way it can stop. Works Cited "Causes and Effects of Child Abuse." Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. Melissa J. Doak. 2011 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Information Plus Reference Series. Student Resources in Context. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. "Child abuse." World of Health. Gale, 2007. Student Resources in Context. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. "Hospitals in recession-hit areas see uptick in serious cases of child physical abuse." PR Newswire 16 July 2012. Student Resources in Context. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. "Hospitals in recession-hit areas see uptick in serious cases of child physical abuse." PR Newswire 16 July 2012. Student Resources in Context. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.

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