Long Lasting Effects Of Child Abuse Essay
The Long Lasting Effects of Child Abuse Millions of children in the world have dealt with or seen someone they know deal with abuse. There are many different types of abuse. Sexual abuse, verbal abuse, physical abuse and neglect are all different types of ways a child can be caused harm. In reading of “Breathing Underwater” by Alex Flinn and “A Child Called It” by Dave Pelzer, I found that child abuse was a common theme between the two. The main character in each book was abused or harmed in some type of way by their parent. Child abuse can have many long lasting effects on its victims. The way a person is raised plays a major role on the way they deal with things in their adult life such as problems, relationships, and parenting. In this essay, I will explore the positive and negative effects of child abuse. There are many ways to tell that a child has been abused. Often times there will be bruises and many other apparent marks on the child. But, being that abuse can also be verbal, it is sometimes hard to tell that the child is being abused unless they come out and tell which doesn’t happen very often. For
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Not all kids who experience abuse will become behavioral problems, but some of them do. Studies have found abused and neglected children to be at least 25 percent more likely to experience problems such as delinquency, teen pregnancy, low academic achievement, drug use, and mental health problems (Kelley, Thornberry, & Smith, 1997). Some children who have been abused use the same methods when they have children of their own. When a person has been a victim of abuse, they will often abuse their children or even their spouse the same way they were abused during their childhood. In the book “Breathing Underwater”, Nick, the main character, slaps his girlfriend during an argument. I think he only does this because of the way his father has mentally and physically abused
Not all kids who experience abuse will become behavioral problems, but some of them do. Studies have found abused and neglected children to be at least 25 percent more likely to experience problems such as delinquency, teen pregnancy, low academic achievement, drug use, and mental health problems (Kelley, Thornberry, & Smith, 1997). Some children who have been abused use the same methods when they have children of their own. When a person has been a victim of abuse, they will often abuse their children or even their spouse the same way they were abused during their childhood. In the book “Breathing Underwater”, Nick, the main character, slaps his girlfriend during an argument. I think he only does this because of the way his father has mentally and physically abused