Physical Child Abuse-Preventing Physical Abuse

Executive summary about physical child abuse by Vinesh Chandrakant Panditpotra

Physical child abuse. The effects of Physical child abuse are all too well known so in this article, I will discuss methods to prevent physical child abuse.

Method 1

Advertisement of Government based services dedicated to punishing abusers. We all know that these services exist however they are rarely advertised to mainstream audience and lack 'decisive moment'.

Method 2

Your help! One word for you: Internet! There are already several websites dedicated to a similar cause but it would need plenty more volunteers to achieve a desirable effect where an abuser would be petrified before hurting a kid

Method 3

School check-up of damage. I believe unlike verbal, emotional and psychological abuse which have no visible marks or effects. Considering the statistics relating to physical child abuse, it would not be a 'weird' move to grant the school official authority in preventing child abuse.

Negative Impact of Physical Abuse in Children

Executive summary about physical child abuse by Anuraq Ahluwalia

Childhood physical abuse involves the physical injury or maltreatment of a child or adolescent under the age of eighteen. Physical abuse includes hitting, punching, slapping, kicking, shaking, burning and other ways of inflicting pain. Other forms of physical abuse include not giving a child food to eat, denying a child medical attention, and giving a child drugs and alcohol.

Physical abuse can have short and long term psychological, emotional and physical effects. Short term effects include physical injury and brain damage. Signs of physical child abuse include bruises, broken bones, bites, burns and unexplained or untreated injuries.

There is no direct cause or reason attributed to the physical abuse of a child. There are many factors that could be attributed to someone engaging in violent and aggressive behaviour towards a child such as stress, inability to cope with difficulties, drugs and alcohol abuse and having suffered physical abuse themselves.

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