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Abuse - Prolonged ill treatment of, or violence towards someone. Also, speaking insulting or cruelly to someone and abusing your power.

Abuse can take three different forms of behaviours

  1. Physical abuse - where an adult in charge of a child physically hits them, often to relieve their own frustration.

  2. Sexual abuse - touching a child when or where he/she doesn't want to be touched. Or forcing a child to touch you inappropriately.

  3. Emotional abuse - breaking down the self-confidence of a child. Teasing a child unnecessarily. Not listening to a child. Verbally abusing a child.

Neglect...

Neglecting a child's educational needs

Neglecting a child by not taking care of them - like not cleaning clothing
or feeding them

Neglecting a child's medical needs

Leaving a child without supervision (not looking after them)

Did you know...

Child abuse is a major factor in adult mental health problems.

Many adults who were abused when they were children have a hard time leading a normal life and relating to others in a positive way.  Those who have suffered from some form of abuse are more likely to experience a mental health problem.

They are always more likely to become addicted to potentially dangerous drugs.

Those who have suffered abuse are more likely to have low self esteem and may even dislike themselves for the abuse that happened to them (they think mistakenly that it was their own fault).

Abuse is taken very seriously legally - and the attackers are likely to be put in prison if the courts believe it to be serious enough.

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