Date: July 16, 2008
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: Work
Child Abuse
Child Abuse Child Abuse is behavior by and adult that harms a child’s physical, mental, or emotional health and development. Some types of child abuse are neglect, and physical abuse. An example of neglect would be medical neglect. This is where the child does not get the proper medical attention needed. Some examples of physical abuse would be sexual and physiological. The American Humane Society estimates that nearly 34 out of every 1,000 American children are abused in some way. Most children are too afraid to admit they have been abused; in fact, less than 20 percent of the cases reported were reported by the child being abused. The number one cause of child abuse is stress. The maltreatment or abuse of children can lead to death. Last year, estimated 1,196 child fatalities from maltreatment occurred. That would mean 3 children would die every day in the
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