What is Child Abuse and how does it affects the Personality of Child

The problem of child abuse is a main issue over the years, but it especially mostly prevails in underdeveloped and developing countries. Being responsible members of society, we should know what child abuse is and which types are prevailing in society, which falls under the purview. 

What is child abuse?

Readers the child abuse is physical violence to a child, but it might be mental torture as well. Child abuse is actually in any form of improper, inhuman maltreatment by parents or another adult, harmful, violent, and threatening. Neglected behavior and attitude by parents or who looks after the child is also a form of abuse. The children face violence either at home or the victims in schools, madrassas, daycare, and coaching academies.  The abuse sometimes is intentional, but not always. If the parents or other adult members of the home are careless, none serious, they can not cope with proper caring of the child; this can result in dysfunctionality and abuse.

Types of the child abuse

There are so many types of the child abuse. These are mainly commen in our underdeveloped countries and facing huge problems, relating to poverty, health hygeine, education, jobs employment. Some important child abuses are as given below: - 

• Physical abuse: which contains all forms of physical violence; and torture. when a child hesitates to explain the reasons for injuries, fractures, burning signs on his body or gives repeatedly changing statements, it might be the reason for physical abuse.

• Emotional or psychological abuse: when an adult arrogantly, harshly behaves with a child in an inhuman manner 
• Physical neglect: when the child does not receive proper care and food, which is essential for his growth and living. 
• Psychological abuse: when a child is not encouraged and set free to share and disclose his problems with his parents or the adults. Similarly, while a child is continuously criticised for everything.  
• Emotional or psychological neglect: when continuous positive attention is niot given to the child, and he is ignored in giving love and security.
• Domestic violence:  when the children witness violence amongst their parents or other adult members of the family.
• Sexual abuse: sexual contact where some adult forces upon a child.

Symptoms

A child who face abuse may feel guilty and seems ashamed or confused. Such childern always remain afraid to disclose someone or share with someone about the abuse or violence, espacially when they faced the abuse by their parents, family member, or a friend. A victim child may have the following symptoms : -

• Such childern stand Withdrawn from friends or common ususal activities
• Changes in behavior, such as aggression and anger, emerge, which might bring changes in the school performance of such children. 
• The children who are abused fall into Depression, anxiety, or they feel unusual fears. They often suddenly loss  their confidence
•  lack of supervision takes place in such childern 

• Frequent absences from school, due to ashamed condition and unseen fear 
• Reluctant  to go home:- The abuse facing childern remain reluctant to go their homes as they fear facing criticism, torture in the home, or family 
• Attempts at running away, as such chuldern canot face the realities of difficult situations and they prefer to run away from places where they see gathering 
• Self-harm or suicide attempts, the childern who remain continuous victems of abuse often take extreme steps when their brain become brainwashed  
• Weaping on minor things:- Abuse victem childern become covered, and they feel extrem alone themselves. They look for love and canot control their emotions. 
• Cowardness and fear: such childern who remain victem lose their confidence and get confused immediately by small happening things. The fear always depicts in their eyes. 

Child abuse can happen in any family or community. It is beyond the religion, race-ethnic values. Some valuable steps are narrated below to stop the child abuse. 

1. Try to understand your children and make sure to discuss their problems with them. 
2. Keep your children healthy by providing proper food, environment 
3. Help them to avoid drug problems

1. Always watch your words and adopt good sofisticated language while talking to your childern. dont shout on them rather provide them friendly environment so that they may stand able to share their problems easily with you
2. Get control of yourself before disciplining a child, as good words soft gesture have benificial impacts. 
3. Take a time-out. ...
4. Assure that your home is free of violence 

In the end, I will suggest that being a responsible citizen always stay informed of the surroundings to monitor child abuse and violance. Such issues could have been reported to the concerned quarters who looksafter the child abuse like law enforcement agencies and the child protection bureau. Hence, those children who remain victems of child abuse and violence become a danger for society in the future. Such children, after grooming, always look for revenge. therefore to build a society and nation, be an active part of it