Child Abuse: Annotated Bibliography

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Newton, C. J. (n.d.). Child Abuse: An Overview. In Find Counseling . Retrieved March 12, 2015.
Child abuse forces children into a position of always being scared and having to “hide the secret”. This prevents children form having healthy relationships
Because the ability to form healthy social relationships is learned (nurture), abused children are deprived from this ability as well as many other necessary skills needed to navigate the social world
The concept of relationships are distorted and this leads to destructive and problematic relationships in the persons personal life and even on the job
Child abuse puts a restraint on children
A child will lose his/her sense of curiosity if he/she fears doing anything new because of the chance of

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