Child Neglect

Child abuse is a crime that is increasing in America each day that has lifelong effects on young children, and people are not fully aware of this issue. Child abuse can affect a child's ability to function in adulthood.
There are several diverse types of child abuse for instance, child neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. Each type of child abuse is different, in which they each has different meanings.
The first type of abuse is child neglect. There are several types of child neglect for instance emotional neglect, which is when a person ignores, humiliates or intimidates a child. Another type of neglect is physical neglect, which happens when a person does not feed, or care for a child enough to keep them away from danger. When a person does not give a child his/her proper medication or care for the child medically, it is considered medical neglect. These types of child neglect abuse can happen anywhere, from a child being neglected at home to a child neglected at school. Child neglect can cause physical abuse, especially when a child is being humiliated or intimidated. For example, a child who is being humiliated either at home or school, can also be physically abused by the person humiliating or intimidating, which presents us with

There are several meanings of physical abuse that can happen on a child for example, punching a child in any part of their body, or pushing a child to the ground or against the wall. Physical abuse on a child also means burning, throwing things, shaking, kicking, and biting. Physical abuse on a child can happen when a child is being disciplined, bullied, or sexually abused. However, during physical abuse, there can be a mixture of sexual abuse happening at the same time. For instance, when a child is being sexually abused he/she will fight for the abuse not to happen, however the pedophile will fight back to sexually abuse the child, which leads us to our third type of