Effects Of Child Abuse And Neglect

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Child Abuse, A Three-Tiered Approach In a flash of anger and stress, a 20-year-old single mother grabbed her screaming three-year-old daughter, Melanie, and carelessly threw her onto her bed. However, missing her target, she sent the ill-fated child crashing into the headboard. Melanie's screaming abruptly jerked to a stop, replaced with an eerie silence instead. The above was a fictional incident; however, it sheds light on the horrors of child abuse and neglect. Unfortunately, whether intentional or not,, approximately five children like Melanie die every day (“11 Facts About Child Abuse,” n.d.). Child abuse and neglect are two terms, often used interchangeably, that describe the maltreatment of children.
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