Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Child abuse can be Physical, sexual or emotional. Neglect is also a form of abuse. But things is why do people abuse their kids?
One of the causes is that the parent is very stressful, maybe becuase of his or her past happenings. Another cause for the parents doing so is may be that he or she is abused before.
Some parents are often unable to control and let go their past happenings and react on their child. A person that has been abused is likely to abuse his children as well.
The second reason may be that they hate their child because of his or her appearance and did not plan for him to be born.
Premarital sex is quite common in other countries and most people who have sex before marriage most likely did not think of the consequences of having a child or to take care of the child. The child may be borned ugly, disfigured, or retarded, causing the parent to be distress and hate the child if the parent is not patient enough and is unable to accept the fact of his child being different compared to other children. The parent may not even care about having responsibilities over the child's bringing.
The next point is maybe due to the parents disciplining the child and exceeding the line of discipline and going to more serious and severe ways of disciplining the child, leeding to abuse.
The child they are disciplining could be very naughty, mischevious, playful and make mistakes as they are still young and have not received any parental guidance. There is a saying, spare the rod and spoil the child. Discipline is a must but parents should not alwasy use physical pain to discipline the child but instead, speak to the child constantly, reminding the child of his mistakes. Parents should be careful of their actions and not take severe disciplinary action and develope it as a habit.
As some parents are at work, they may do business and drink with other people. Some come home, drunk and abuse their children. When people are drunk, they do not watch their actions and get too emotional sometimes.
Understanding the root causes of abuse can help better determine the best methods of prevention and treatment.
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