Child Neglect Case Study

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Abuse and neglect at a young age affects how Yunior interacts with women. For example, In the early years of Yunior 's life his mother sends him and his brother rafa away to his uncle’s ranch. This absence of his mother for a month caused Yunior to experience a man inappropriately touching him on a bus heading towards his uncle’s ranch. According to the case study Identifying Emotional and Psychological Abuse : A Guide for Childcare Professionals by Kieren O’ Hagan, Children who experience some type of abuse between the age of 5 - 12 go through emotions that shape how they perceive their parent and how they receive love or lack of. So if Yunior’s mother was absent during the time on the bus, that will shape how Yunior carries himself by having
According to Health Reference Series : Child Abuse Sourcebook : Basic Consumer Health Information about Child Neglect and the Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse of Children(3rd Edition) by Valarie R. Juntunen, Child abuse does not have to be violent to leave and emotional scar. Violence deepens the scar and leaves a long lasting impression on a child 's psyche. This leaves children with a lack of trust and the main core emotions they are feeling are of being worthless and damaged. Drowning within an unhealthy environment of emotions in the most important years for growth. This metaphorical water cause Yunior to drown in a cycle of unhealthy relationships and confusion when introduced to good relationships such as love from Beto. Another example would be the chapter titled drown. In this chapter we see that Yiunior is dealing with a lot. This is the chapter his father moves out, he is failing in school, dodgin army recuriter, and having to take care of his fragile mother all at once. We see that Yunior is having a hard time coping with all of this through this particular quote. “Anger has a way of returning(Diaz, 144).” This show cases that Yunior cannot rid himself of this negative mindset. The obstacles such as poverty, abuse, and overwhelming emotions become the metaphorical water where Yunior cannot breathe.According to Juntunen, “Abuse at an early age affect every 1 out of 4 males in the United States. A case study took a survey on adolecene males before and after they became a grown man. Most of them still had the emotional scars deep within in their mind. This could only be solved by extensive debriefing of why holding on to the past could afffect their present and future goals (Junetunen, 187).” Even as a grown man this abuse still affect him. In conclusion, we know the emotional and physical stress that one has to

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