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Child Abuse

Child abuse can take several forms including physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. Physical abuse causes injuries through violence, sexual abuse involves any sexual act with a child, emotional abuse damages a child's mental health, and neglect is the failure to provide for a child's basic needs. To prevent child abuse, adults should offer children love and attention, avoid angry responses, and develop a supportive community around families.

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Child Abuse

Child abuse can take several forms including physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. Physical abuse causes injuries through violence, sexual abuse involves any sexual act with a child, emotional abuse damages a child's mental health, and neglect is the failure to provide for a child's basic needs. To prevent child abuse, adults should offer children love and attention, avoid angry responses, and develop a supportive community around families.

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Presentation: Child Abuse

1. Definition
Child abuse is when a child is intentionally harmed by an adult or another child
it can be over a period of time but can also be a one-off action. It can be physical, sexual
or emotional and it can happen in person or online. It can also be a lack of love, care and
attention – this is neglect.

2. Types
Types of child abuse are broken down in four distinct categories:

• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Neglect

Physical child abuse is an injury resulting from physical aggression. Even if the injury
was not intended, the act is considered physical abuse. The injury from physical child
abuse may be the result of:
E.g.: Pinching, biting, choking, burning with cigarettes, scalding water, or hot objects.
Sexual abuse of a child is any sexual act between an adult and a child, includi ng
intercourse, rape, oral sex, and sodomy.

E.g.: Fathers, mothers, siblings, relatives, childcare professionals or babysitters.

Emotional child abuse is any attitude, behavior, or failure to act that interferes with
a child's mental health or social development. It can range from a simple verbal insult
to an extreme form of punishment.

E.g.: Parents, Teacher or caregivers, bullies at school or elsewhere


Child neglect is a very common type of child abuse, more children suffer from neglect
than from physical and sexual abuse combined because neglect is a type of child abuse
that is an act of omission - of not doing something.

Physical Neglect: Failure to provide food, clothing appropriate for the weather,
supervision, a home that is hygienic and safe, and medical care, as needed.
Educational Neglect: Failure to enroll a school-age child in school or to provide
necessary special education
Emotional Neglect: Failure to provide emotional support, love, and affection.

3. How to prevent child abuse?


Here's how you can help keep children safe:
Offer your child love and attention. Nurture and listen to your child and be involved in your
child's life to develop trust and good communication.
Don't respond in anger. If you feel overwhelmed or out of control, take a break.
Reach out. Meet the families in your neighborhood, including parents and children. Develop
a network of supportive family and friends

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