CHILD ABUSE 2
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Child abuse
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The topic of child abuse has been enlightening for me as a course. Before doing this course, I had no information about child abuse in general. I always thought that it is an issue that is affecting a few countries and is reducing due to modernisation. However, in doing a child abuse course, I got enlightened and got more concerned about looking for a solution so that I can protect children around my environment.
Generally, according to the course, I learned that child abuse had been one of the major issues that have affected the world today. Moreover, Child abuse has been common in countries that are not well developed. Therefore, there are different forms of child abuse that many people do not know. First of all, let me talk about physical abuse. Physical abuse is basically physical injuries that are caused by beatings, punching and kicking by an adult to a child. The signs that exhibit form a child who has been physically abused include wounds on the skin, burn marks on the body and broken bones. The next child abuse is emotional abuse. Emotional abuse is the pattern of behaviour that affects the emotional development of a child. Emotional development always happens when an adult always constantly criticise a child, giving threats or rejection and withholding love. Another form of child abuse is sexual abuse. Sexual abused is the act of forcing children into sexual activities by an adult. The sexual abuse can be caused by a parent or a guardian in the form of rape, exploitation through prostitution and production of pornographic materials.
Conclusively, the course gave me an understanding of how child abuse is and how I can take the responsibility of stopping it in the society. As a result, children are the leaders of tomorrow, and it is our responsibility as adults to protect and care for them.