Analysis Of Child Maltreatment

After have read the chapters about Child Maltreatment I have learned about variety of risk factors that would reinforce abuse within a family. For example, “Situational conditions” (Lawson, 2013, p. 197) within the family and “Family characteristic” (Lawson, 2013, p. 193). I have also learned that the types of abuse used upon a child are usually “long-term effects” and “often extend into adulthood” ( Lawson, 2013, p. 209). In the chapters, there where three types of maltreatment explained, but I personally found that emotional abuse is most significant because they are “typically not detected, reported, or successfully prosecuted” ( McCleannen, 2010, p. 107). Reading about these concepts trigger bitter memories from the past and yet reminds me how I have became the person I am today. I grew up in a single parenting home in Merced town before pursuing my education here in Sacramento. My family suffered isolation when my parents divorced at the time I was in the third grade. As true as it was, families who tend to be isolated with few external support network are at risk for child maltreatment ( Lawson, 2013, p. 193) . My mother--who was unemployed and has full custody of five children--side of the family

My oldest siblings were only in junior high and my mother stayed unemployed because she had no one to care for us. Although we had government assistance and food stamps we lived near the poverty line and this was a risk factor that increases distress and depression ( Lawson, 2013, p. 193) to my mom. Everything seemed fine but toward my adolescents and young adult stage, I believe my mother was distress and she couldn 't handle the misbehavior and poor grade results we had. She discipline using passive verbal abuse (McCleannen, 2010, p. 82) and sometimes even physical punishment. I personally believed that emotional abused has affected my behavior throughout my