2. It can take anywhere from 3 months to 5 years for
CPS to act upon a Child Abuse case.
(CPS information website)
2,400 children die as a result of mistreatment and
500,000 are seriously injured or disabled. (How Best
to Protect Children, Ilana Sherer)
Child abusers walk away free on there 1st or 2nd
offense, if they then commit a 3rd or 4th offense they
then will be thrown in jail. (Jail site.)
3. Can Child Abuse be prevented?
A-I don’t think it will ever fully go away but I do
think the numbers can be decreased by a great
amount.
What are the main types of child abuse?
A- The main types of child abuse are Emotional
Abuse, Physical Abuse, Neglect, and Sexual Abuse.
4. Common Myths about child abuse…
1.Myth-It’s only abuse if it is violent.
2.Myth- Child Abuse does not occur in “good”
Families.
3. Myth- Most Child Abusers are strangers.
4. Myth-Abused Children always grow up to be
abusers.
5. Warning Signs of Emotional abuse in children.
o Excessively withdrawn, fearful, or anxious about doing
something wrong.
o Passive or extremely aggressive
Warning Signs of Physical Abuse in Children.
Frequent injuries or unexplained bruises, welts, or
cuts.
Is always watchful and “on alert” as if waiting for
something bad to happen.
Shies away from touch
6. Warning Signs of Neglect in children.
Clingy
Dirty cloths
Is frequently late or missing from school.
Warning Sings Of Sexual Abuse in Children.
Trouble walking or sitting
Runs away from home.
Makes a strong effort to avoid a specific person, or
gender without an obvious reason.
7. It often takes at least 3 months for Child
Protective services to process a case, before
they will take any direct actions.
Child Protective services can get the kids into a
worse situation. They leave the kid in the home
after the abuser knows they told someone. (
8. We need to provide a safe environment for kids to tell if
they are having any sort of problems at home.
“Help us prevent child abuse, here is what you can do:
Understand the causes of child abuse and learn all you can
about abuse and neglect.
Learn to identify the warning signs that a child is being
abused.
Report any known or suspected case of child abuse.
Seek help if you feel you are at risk of abusing a child.
Be a friend to a child or parent in need.
Alert others to the problem. Many don't recognize or
understand the effects of physical, sexual and emotional
abuse and neglect.”(
9. Some people say that we are spending to much
time on child abuse and that if the kid doesn’t
take the responsibility to get out of the home
it’s their fault.
Some people say that Child abuse should not be a
main focus when there are much worse things
happening in the world.
10. Kids are frightened and have no one to tell. They
really do believe they will be worse off if they
tell someone. With the way CPS is running
things they might as well not tell
anyone, because they are worse off if they do.
In my opinion, I don’t think there is anything
worse than harming an innocent child.
Children don’t deserve to have to suffer
through a home life that isn’t safe.
11. I believe that if we got enough people to argue
this we could raise money to make Child abuse
more well known through out the world and
put a stop to it.
If people are aware of the myths and warning
signs of Child Abuse they will know what to
watch out for and more effectively turn in cases
that need help.
12. Child Abuse is something that needs to have
attention put on it. We need to make it clear to
adults and other abusers that there will be
consequences' if harm is done to a child.
It is so important that we are aware of the correct
warning signs and facts of child abuse. We also
need to keep an out for children who may be
suffering from this.
