Children are born into this world innocent and vulnerable, completely reliant upon their parents or carers for protection, comfort, warmth and love.
Luckily, most children get the rights they are born with. The right to be safe in their own home, the right to be loved, the right to be protected when unable to do so themselves, the right to an education, to food and warm clothing.
Most children are cared for, loved and appreciated.
But some children are not. Some are made to feel unloved, isolated, fearful, ashamed and useless.
For over one million children each year in the UK alone, their basic human rights are denied to them from birth, and they are subjected to cruelty and mistreatment.
For these children, life is torture. Getting from one day to the next is a chore.
Do you consider this treatment to innocent children to be acceptable?
One child dies a week from child abuse.
8% of child abuse is Emotional Abuse.
28% of child abuse is Physical Abuse.
30% of child abuse is Sexual Abuse.
And 34% of child abuse is Neglect.
At least 1 in 10 children suffer sexual abuse during childhood.
In Britain, 1 in 1000 children under the age of 4 suffer extreme physical abuse. Why is this not shocking you as much as it should?
- Overally knowledgeable in sex from a young age. -
- Medical problems such as venereal diseases. -
- Extreme reactions, such as suicide attempts. -
- Becoming clingy or insecure. -
- Regressing to younger behaviour. -
- Lack of trust or fear of someone they know. -
- Starting to wet again. -
- Inexplicable reactions to physical contact, such as flinching or backing away, or freezing completely. -
- Unusual periods of silence. -
- Signs of Depression or other medical problems. -
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Signs of Physical Abuse.
- Unexplained recurrent injuries or burns. -
- Unlikely excuses or refusal to explain injuries. -
- Refusal to remove clothing, such as a jumper. -
- Fear of medical help or examination. -
- Self- destructive tendencies. -
- Fear of physical contact. -
- Fear of suspected abuser being contacted. -
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Signs of Neglect.
- Constant hunger. -
- Poor personal hygiene. -
- Constant tiredness. -
- Poor state of clothing. -
- Untreated medical problems. -
- Few social relationships. -
- Compulsive tendencies. -
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Signs of Emotional Abuse.
- Physical, mental and emotional development lags. -
- Sudden speech disorders. -
- Continual self- depreciation. -
- Overreaction to mistakes. -
- Extreme fear to any new situation. -
- Extreme response to pain. -
- Extremes of passivity or aggression. -
Why do we allow this to happen? Even with all the laws against these things? Why has it not been stopped?
If you are against child abuse, and wish to put a stop to it once and for all, then sign this wiki.
We can help these children. We can make a difference.
They don't have to suffer in silence any longer.
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