child abuse

(noun)

The physical, sexual, or emotional mistreatment of a child.

Related Terms

  • Child Sexual Abuse

Examples of child abuse in the following topics:

  • Child Abuse

    • Child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child.
    • Child abuse is the physical, sexual, or emotional mistreatment or neglect of a child or children.
    • There are four major categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and sexual abuse.
    • Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent abuses a child for sexual stimulation.
    • Child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child.
  • Feral Children

    • A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age.
    • Whereas Peter Pan's upbringing is glorified, all real cases involve some form of serious child abuse.
    • A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, and has no (or little) experience of human care, loving or social behavior, and, crucially, of human language.
    • In some cases, this child abandonment was due to the parents rejecting a child's severe intellectual or physical impairment.
    • Feral children may have experienced severe child abuse or trauma before being abandoned or running away.
  • Parenthood

    • Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.
    • Parents are more aware of a child's feelings and capabilities, and they support the development of a child's autonomy within reasonable limits.
    • Spiritual Parenting: respecting the child's individuality; making space for child to develop a sense of their own beliefs through their personality and their own potentials
    • Toxic Parenting: poor parenting; complete disruption of the child's ability to identify one's self and reduced self-esteem; neglecting the needs of the child and abuse is sometimes seen in this parenting style
    • It is important to realize that parenting doesn't end when a child turns 18.
  • Juvenile Crime

    • Prevention services may include activities like substance abuse education and treatment, family counseling, youth mentoring, parenting education, educational support, and youth sheltering.
    • Poster promoting planned housing as a method to deter juvenile delinquency, showing silhouettes of a child stealing a piece of fruit and as an older minor involved in armed robbery.
  • Family Violence

    • Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation, pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm.
    • Verbal abuse is a form of emotionally abusive behavior involving the use of language.
    • Economic abuse is a form of abuse when one intimate partner has control over the other partner's access to economic resources.
    • Because of the awareness of domestic violence that some children have to face, it also generally impacts how the child develops emotionally, socially, behaviorally as well as cognitively.
    • Some emotional and behavioral problems that can result due to domestic violence include increased aggressiveness, anxiety, and changes in how a child socializes with friends, family, and authorities.
  • Deprivation and Development

    • Social deprivation, or prevention from culturally normal interaction with society, affects mental health and impairs child development.
    • The idea that separation from the female caregiver has profound effects is one with considerable resonance outside the conventional study of child development.
    • In United States law, the "tender years" doctrine was long applied in child custody cases, and led courts to preferentially award custody of infants and toddlers to mothers.
    • In other cases, they may have been abused by parents who kept them isolated from other people.
    • The idea that separation from the female caregiver has profound effects is one with considerable resonance outside the conventional study of child development.
  • Children of Divorce and Impact of Divorce

    • Sociologists and psychologists have found that the effects of divorce heavily depend on the child's age at the time the divorce occurs.
    • Studies have also reported the former are more likely to suffer abuse than children in intact families and have a greater chance of living in poverty.
    • Sociologists and psychologists have conducted research that shows the effects of divorce heavily depend on the child's age at the time the divorce occurs.
    • The child's gender, personality, the amount of conflicts with the parents, and support of family and friends all contribute to the effects of divorce on a child.
    • Studies have also reported the former to be more likely to suffer abuse than children in intact families, and to have a greater chance of living in poverty.
  • The Functions of a Family

    • In northern Ghana, for example, payment of bride wealth signifies a woman's requirement to bear children and women using birth control face substantial threats of physical abuse and reprisals.
    • In northern Ghana, for example, payment of bride wealth signifies a woman's requirement to bear children, and women using birth control face substantial threats of physical abuse and reprisals.
    • Marriage sometimes establishes the legal father of a woman's child or the legal mother of a man's child; it oftentimes gives the husband or his family control over the wife's sexual services, labor, and property.
  • Elder Abuse

    • The main types of elder abuse include physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect.
    • Elder abuse is further subdivided into domestic elder abuse and institutional elder abuse.
    • Unfortunately, the nature of dependency inherent to elder abuse can make cases of elder abuse especially difficult to prosecute.
    • Elder abuse can have serious consequences.
    • Elder abuse can even result in death.
  • Informal Means of Control

    • An example of a negative sanction is seen in a scene from the Pink Floyd film The Wall, where the young protagonist is ridiculed and verbally abused by a high school teacher for writing poetry in a mathematics class.
    • Primary socialization occurs when a child learns the attitudes, values, and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.
    • The family is often the most important agent of socialization because it is the center of the child's life.
    • It can also be an important influence on a child, as this is where children can escape supervision and learn to form relationships on their own.
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