Child Abuse And Its Effects On Children - 1550 Words

There are several ways to know if a child being abused; one of them being the child being abused informing another person about the abuse. Another is, if a child or parent gives inconsistent accounts of why the child has a bruise on their face or body. Sometimes, abusive parents make their children stay at home and miss school until the physical proof of abuse has disappeared. Another sign of physical abuse includes a child having difficulty walking and looks to be in pain with every movement he or she makes. Abused children are not willing to report abuse because they fear their parents will hurt them for telling and getting them in trouble, they fear that they would be taken from an environment they are familiar with, they fear that no†¦show more content†¦At the beginning, children, because they trust their relative, might think it is ok for that person to touch them or show them sexual material, though it does not feel right. One of the reasons is that predators know the way to manipulate children into giving in to them. Children may feel ashamed, fear anger from other family members and feel as though they should not get their abuser in trouble and be the person that breaks up the family. Which is why there are far less reports of sexual abuse than they really are. Both boys and girls suffer from sexual abuse but because of the stigma that comes with it, the abuse that boys suffer might be underreported. when sexual abuse last for a long time, children more often than not develop low self-esteem, may think of suicide and become distrustful of adults as a whole. Though sexual abuse harms children, there are no visible physical evidence like there is in physical abuse. The only time it is found out that a child has been or is being abused is when a physician examines them. Abusers make children fearful of revealing what has been done to them and only when children feels safe and comfortable can they tell people about their abuse. When children are ready to share and tell their parents or someone they can trust about the abuse, the people hearing the story must stay calm and assure the children that whatever happened was not their fault. It is also