Child Abuse and Neglect

“Emotional abuse can involve deliberately trying to scare or humiliate a child or isolating or ignoring them.” (http://www.nspcc.org.uk) One of the simple things that can hurt a kid the most ignoring them. Kids need their parents attention every minute of their life if they don 't get that attention most likely they think that their parents are mad at them. Emotional abuse can be humiliating in front of your friends, other people controlling their every day move. pushing a child so much in things that they don 't want to do, not allowing them to have friends or even choosing their friends for them. A child needs to feel safe having his friends that they can trust not friends that they choice for them.

It can throw the child's entire life into a whirlwind. Young children, up to age five or six, are the most confused and the most disoriented by their parents’ separation. They often fear they are going to be abandoned by their parents, which causes great anxiety. The loss of a parent is extremely sad to a child of this age because they feel that their needs are not going to be attended to as well as they had before, when their needs are not going to be attended to as well as they had before, when their family was together. Many of the children in this group are worried that they will be left without a family or their parents might have money troubles and they will be deprived of food and toys.

Some don't. Some don't feel they can bond with their child. These are more likely to suffer post natal depression and keep an adverse feeling towards their child. Sometimes it happens because the relationship with the child's father was not working, perhaps abusive, not socially acceptable, the consequence of a rape... The poor child being born from a mother who was not ready psychologically to accept her child have detrimental painful imprint and consequences on a child's emotional and social development for the rest of his/her life.

Therefore, these children who are victims will remain naïve in their adult years because they were incapable of gain life skills. Clair M. Hart pointed out that it has been predicted that a child’s depression and anxiety is connected with “reduced parental care, elevated parental shaming, overprotection, and favouristism” (Personality and Difference 250). Narcissistic parents feel threatened by their child’s growing independence, so they hover over their developing years; thus, becoming overly possessive. There are other parents who acknowledge their child’s mistakes more than their positive attributes, so a child can resort to self-blame. They would try to fix themselves and begin believing that it is their fault for receiving the negative treatment from their parent.

"I was an only child, and her constant criticism and putting me down made me feel terrible about myself, and it made me double my efforts to please her" (Aileen). Harsh words can humiliate a child and leave them ashamed of their life, with no respect towards their parents. "Words are still damaging when you have one loving parent who uses his or her words with care and one who is verbally aggressive and abusive" (Ann Polcari). Verbal abuse "inflicts deep emotional pain", leading to children having bitterness. Yelling in a child's face is not the best way to correct them when they are young.

When a parent psychologically abuses their child they never actually become satisfied with the child’s actions. Emotional and mental abuse has a tremendous affect on the brain. A definition of emotional abuse explains how the emotions and feelings of the child are being attacked. Some things the attacker might say can include calling the

Children who come from broken homes or who have divorced parents often grow into adults with no family values and in turn, have broken homes of their own. In some cases, these children grow into adults with little values and lack the ability to do whatever it takes to ensure that their children do not suffer the same hurtful experience they did. It is unfortunate that marriages sometimes end and there are children caught in the middle of the marriage but it may be worst for the parents to stay together simply for the children’s sake. However when parents do divorce the children are the most effected by the divorce. Often enough the divorce causes children to feel displaced and also to have feelings that their world is coming to an end.

Remember that child shouldn 't feel guilty for wanting to see the other parent, so let them enjoy those visits as best as they can. Parenting may be hard to give explain for the child to understand why this child has a single parent. It could be a Death or Divorce or Left family? Not many children to understand why this parent left the child for: new partner, don’t have jobs to raise a child, or other don’t care about children. However, both parents who were together before one either decided to leave as a single parent is a hard thing to do, because its show that one other doesn’t care about is part of life with a child.

These children often feel neglected and sad because they have been abandoned and sent off to live in difficult circumstances. Consequently, child trafficking is a crime and it is stealing many children's innocence and any chance of them of living a normal and enjoyed childhood, and it should be illegalized.

A broken family refers to a family that has gone through a separation, abandonment or divorce leaving the children with only one parent instead of the much needed two. In the beginning of a divorce parents tend to argue non-stop and just have a sense of despair around the household. Children around that type of atmosphere can get confused and blame themselves for such arguments and the overall unhappiness. When dealing with divorce the effects on the children vary depending on their age, time of separation and personality and family relationship (Anderson "The Effect of a Broken Family on Development"). For example infants and young children may experience some negative development effects, older children and teenagers tend to suffer more and have a more lasting effect on their social, emotional, and educational day to day life (Anderson "The Effect of a Broken Family on Development").