| Children suffer from various kinds of abuse. They are | | | | You need to know the responsibilities you have in |
| very innocent and they do not deserve such kind of | | | | ensuring that there is no physical, emotional or even |
| treatment. Children are abused at very tender ages. | | | | psychological abuse inflicted on these innocent lives. |
| Sometimes, this abuse is deliberate and sometimes it | | | | You should also know the available channels or |
| is not. What can you do to ensure that you are not | | | | reporting such abuse. |
| abusing a child? What precaution should you take | | | | The forms of abuse are usually correlated. Like when |
| when you notice abuse? | | | | a child is physically abuse, it is likely that they will |
| Forms of abuse | | | | suffer emotional and psychological abuse as well. |
| Many people imagine that rape is the only kind of | | | | When you criticize, reject or refuse to nurture them, |
| abuse children can suffer. Yes, rape is just a form of | | | | they will suffer emotional blow. This is abuse even |
| emotional abuse. There is abuse like physical, | | | | when they are not your biological children. |
| psychological that children are usually subjected to. It | | | | Children have a right to feel protected by parents or |
| is so sad that statistics on the abuse of children is | | | | guardians. Neglecting their basic needs or failing to |
| rising. | | | | provide these needs is an abuse. You are responsible |
| The abuse is not discriminative. It does not target | | | | for seeing that they get that which they deserve. |
| girls or boys only. All children are abused. Also, it is | | | | You also have the responsibility of reporting such |
| not limited to a particular race. Children of all races | | | | abuse when you see it. |
| are under threat of abuse. This does not exclude the | | | | You start by recognizing what abuse is for these |
| United States. About 4 children die per day from | | | | children. You must be able to notice emotional child |
| effects of abuse. | | | | abuse and protect your children from it. We are all |
| Does this worry you? It should. Children are the next | | | | responsible for ensuring that the child abuse statistics |
| generation. The way we bring them up has a big role | | | | come down. The rising trend should stop. These |
| in what kind of people they become tomorrow. It all | | | | children are human and they deserve to be treated |
| depends on what we want for them. | | | | so. |
| Your responsibilities | | | | The power and capacity of child abuse prevention is |
| When children are abused, there is need to fight for | | | | in your hands. You decide now whether you want to |
| justice. They are not capable of filing law suits. You | | | | protect the children or not. Will you keep quite over |
| should help them fight for justice. You should help | | | | evidence of children being abused? You should make |
| collect adequate report and evidence so that | | | | a point or reporting it to relevant authorities so that |
| assessment and investigations can begin. This should | | | | justice can be done. |
| be the case in any kind of abuse. | | | | |