child abuse in families

Child abuse in families

Many of us think that child abuse is all about physical abuse towards children but we don't know that it's more of that. It can be physical, sexual and psychological. And it's not done by outsiders only. Parents and  caregivers also abuse their children. Child abuse comes in different forms, some do it willingly and others abuse children unknowingly.

In different communities all over the world you will witness child abuse and no matter what people have done to put an end to it, others don't listen. Many parents are still beating their children everyday and still want them to do multiple jobs ignoring their scars and wounds. Well some do it saying that it's a way of disciplining their children or they say they will understand more quickly if I put pressure on them or beat them if they did something wrong. But others do beat their children out of stress or when they feel they don't want them or many other different things like alcohol or drugs that makes one do crazy things. In the end a child is hurt and will live in fear of his parents maybe forever if no help is rendered to them.

A lot of things cause child abuse but the most common is stress, depression, family background, and lack of love towards children. A parent or caregiver might have had a long day and a stressful one for that matter and, once he is home he pours all his frustration on the children, calling them names and beating them out of small things they haven't done well. Other parents mistreat their children with excuses that they were also raised in such a way without realizing that they are abusing them.
It's not only this. Some parents especially drug addicts have been bringing their children into sexual activities just to get money from them or forcefully making them drug dealers and the child ends up doing all that unwillingly just to avoid the threats of his parents or guardian.

You can't only tell a child who is a victim of child abuse by his marks on his body, cause physical abuse isn't the only kind of abuse as we said earlier. Some children are deprived of their rights and they are regarded as worthless people by their parents or guardians. This is a serious form of abuse cause, the child live with the fact that he/she is worthy of nothing and he is not allowed to have somethings in life. Some end up being street kids cause they have been neglected by their families and to be clear, this doesn't happen only in poor families. Rich families also abuse and neglect their children. Regardless of all the wealthy you hear that a child is being abused.

There are a lot of myths about child abuse. Like that one where some think that child abuse is in poor communities or that only the bad and heartless people can abuse children. Well it's only a myths if you see it that way. https://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect.htm if you visit this you will get to know more about those myths and you will understand child abuse more. With this maybe many lives will be saved. Be it the children or the parents all of them can get help so as to make a better community.

If this would be stopped many wouldn't take their lives out of depression or fear that they will be killed the next day. Of course it comes from child abuse. Those children live with those scars of being beaten, being rejected, being exposed to sexual activities and becoming who they never chose to. When they think of this and they realize that their own parents or guardians are the cause of their depression, some think that the only way to escape is to kill themselves or kill their parents because, they have been destroyed mentally and emotionally which leads them to make crazy and deadly decisions.

The only help they could get is to talk to them and show some love, make them realise that there is a much better world aside from what they've been living in. Those parents too need to be reminded that, beating up a child isn't the only way to correct them or make them realise their mistakes plus, having been raised up in a harsh way, doesn't give you the idea to treat your own child harshly. If you know a child that lives with a drug addict or an alcoholic parent, don't leave them their to be victims of their parents' mistakes, report that case as soon as possible and save a life.

Let's all work together and save lives of young children cause they have a future that awaits for them and they have dreams too, to fulfill. Your concern is all that is needed to save tomorrow's leaders, teachers and many more.