Child Abuse

Child Abuse

Many children suffer from all types of abuse. Child abuse consists of the physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from parents, guardians, or others. When young adults suffer from any kind of abuse it drastically affects their lives. Young people living in extreme economic hardship and social disruption are at a higher risk for child abuse, violence, and exploitation (“Committed”). What can we do to understand and help stop this horrible fact?

Teens that endure abuse more than likely their parents, guardians, or others were also abused. Most of their parents, guardians, or others remain uninformed of any other way of acting. They believe that it is usual because that is how they grew up. Also, they don’t want to believe that their close relatives were wrong and want to prove that they were right for the way they treated them (Bender).

Abuse has drastic effects no matter what kind of abuse it is. The adolescents grow up and still suffer by it. Many youngsters don’t want to admit that their parents, guardians, or others treated them badly. They believe it was their fault for the way their parents, guardians, or others treated them. Teens are traumatized for the rest of their lives. Children also feel sorry for the abusing parents, guardians, or others, rather than angry with themselves. Some become suicidal, cut themselves, have eating disorders, etc (Bender).

Many adolescents all over the world suffer from all types of abuse. Worldwide, an estimated 300 million young adults uncovered to violence, exploitation, and child abuse, including the worst forms of child labor in communities, schools, and institutions (“Committed”). Out of the 300 million teens, 40 million of the teens are lower than the age of 15. Also, 1.2 million adolescents, both boys and girls, are trafficked each year into exploitative labor in agriculture,