| For years many agencies and organizations
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| | emotional neglect (withholding love,
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| have been founded to help abused children
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| | comfort or affection) or medical neglect
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| and to educate others on the growing
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| | (withholding needed medical care).
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| epidemic of child abuse. Although in some
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| | Recognizing and Reporting Child abuse is
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| part help has arrived for these victims,
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| | key:
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| there is also alarming statistical data
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| | Signs of Physical Abuse:
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| of silence within certain social and
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| | - Any injury (bruise, burn, fracture,
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| political history the has contributed to
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| | abdominal or head injury) that cannot be
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| this abuse. Due to this silence many
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| | explained
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| advocates have failed to address these
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| | Signs of Sexual Abuse:
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| issues and history continues to repeat
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| | - Fearful behavior (nightmares,
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| itself.
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| | depression, fears, running away)
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| The news is so full of reports about
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| | - Abdominal pain, bedwetting, urinary
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| child mistreatment that you can't help
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| | tract infection, genital pain or
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| but wonder how safe your child really is.
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| | bleeding, sexually transmitted disease
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| While it's a mistake to become
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| | Extreme sexual behavior that seems
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| overprotective and make your child
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| | inappropriate for the child's age
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| fearful, it is important to recognize the
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| | Signs of Emotional Abuse:
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| actual risks and familiarize yourself
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| | - Sudden change in self-confidence
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| with the signs of abuse. More than 2.5
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| | - Headaches or stomachaches with no
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| million cases of child abuse and neglect
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| | medical cause
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| are reported each year. Of these, 35
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| | - Abnormal fears, increased nightmares
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| percent involve physical abuse, 15
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| | - Attempts to run away
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| percent involve sexual abuse and 50
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| | Signs of Emotional Neglect:
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| percent involve neglect.
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| | - Failure to gain weight (especially in
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| Child abuse is common. Studies show that
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| | infants)
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| one in four girls and one in eight boys
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| | - Desperately affectionate behavior
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| will be sexually abused before they are
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| | - Voracious appetite and stealing of food
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| 18 years old. About one in 20 children is
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| | Though we may not be able to completely
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| physically abused each year. Sexual abuse
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| | stop child abuse it will take everyones
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| includes inappropriate touching of a
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| | help in recognizing the signs and
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| child's breasts or genitalia, as well as
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| | reporting this to local law enforcement
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| someone's exposing their genitalia to a
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| | agencies. It is equally important to "Be
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| child. Physical abuse involves injuring a
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| | Silent No More" and to convey to our
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| child's body by burning them, beating
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| | children that it is ok to tell an adult
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| them or breaking their bones. Because a
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| | they can trust if they feel that they
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| bruise indicates that body tissue has
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| | have been mistreated.
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| been damaged and blood vessels have
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| | Continual work must also be done in
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| broken, any discipline method that leaves
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| | researching and vocalizing these social
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| bruises is not appropriate.
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| | and political issues that stem from this
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| Child neglect can include physical
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| | abuse also. Silence is a killer for all
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| neglect (withholding food, clothing,
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| | abused victoms so we must once again vow
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| shelter or other physical necessities),
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| | to "Be Silent No More".
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