What Is Child Abuse?
Child abuse occurs when a parent, guardian or caregiver mistreats or neglects a child, resulting in
injury, or
significant emotional or psychological harm, or
serious risk of harm to the child.
Child abuse entails the betrayal of a caregiver's position of trust and authority over a child. It can take many different forms.
Physical abuse is the deliberate application of force to any part of a child's body, which results or may result in a non-accidental injury. It may involve hitting a child a single time, or it may involve a pattern of incidents. Physical abuse also includes behaviour such as shaking, choking, biting, kicking, burning or poisoning a child, holding a child under water, or any other harmful or dangerous use of force or restraint. Child physical abuse is usually connected to physical punishment or is confused with child discipline.
Child sexual abuse occurs when a child is used for sexual purposes by an adult or......
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