April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
IT SHOULDN'T HURT TO BE A CHILD
๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต, a time to raise awareness and inspire collective action, so that our countryโs children can lead their best lives.
No one, least of all a child, should have to suffer any kind of abuse. Unfortunately, there are 4.4 million referrals of child abuse in a given year. More shockingly, these reports involved 7.9 million children.
Understanding child abuse and neglect is the first step to ending the pain of these millions of kids suffering in our country.
Child abuse, or child maltreatment, can be divided into three main categories: sexual, physical, and psychological.
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Sexual abuse involves pressuring or forcing a child to engage in sexual acts. It includes behaviors such as fondling, penetration, and exposing a child to other sexual activities.
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Physical abuse is intentionally using physical force against a child, such as beating, kicking, hitting, stabbing, choking, burning, or punching, that can result in physical injury.
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Psychological abuse, also known as emotional abuse, refers to behaviors that harm a childโs self-worth or emotional well-being. This can include name calling, shaming, rejection, withholding love, and threatening.
Child abuse is not only surprisingly common, but also deadly. Five children die a day from child abuse. Thatโs 150 children who die every month, and over 1,800 who die every year.
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