Cognitive Causes Of Child Abuse

Many children are affected by child abuse. But how many people actually know what it is? Or have taken a moment to look at the facts and seen how many children worldwide have been victims to abuse and the unsettling cases in which children have lost their lives to abuse?

Child abuse many times gets looked over or seen as acceptable if it comes from the parents or guardians of the child. The Child Welfare Information Gateway states, that child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many forms of child maltreatment, including neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation and emotional abuse which leads to serious forms of maltreatment. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act declares child abuse to be an epidemic in the United States, with 3 million reports of child abuse reported every year.

Negligence is a type of child abuse. In the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children describes neglect as not attending the basic needs of a child. Physical signs of neglect in a child can be poor hygiene, poor appearance, family issues, and health and development problems. Cognitive signs of

Sexual abuse is described as, forced participation in sexual activity. For example, when a child is forced to touch his or her even another person's private parts against their will its sexual abuse. Sexual abuse can be manifested in one of two ways: physical and non-physical. Forcing a child to have sexual contact with the abuser would be considered physical abuse. Contrast to nonphysical abuse, where a child is forced to watch others during sexual activity. A child that is forced to pose for a pornographic picture or video is also sexual abuse. If a person flashes their private areas to a child, sexual abuse is also taking