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Saturday 9 September 2017

Child Abuse

Child Abuse
According to definition, a Child is anybody below the age of 18 years, often referred to as a minor.

Child Abuse therefore, is the improper treatment and physical or verbal maltreatment against a minor which affects the child's mental,physical ,social,emotional and psychological wellbeing.

Mental Effect: A child who is abused finds it difficult to develop intellectual reasoning and therefore can become a dummy.


Physical Effect: Abuse limits a child's physical growth,therefore the child may not develop properly.


Social Effect: A child who is abuse finds it difficult to relate with his peers and people and therefore can not adapt to his social environment.


Emotional Effect: An abuse child is down emotionally and has a very low self esteem. The child keeps to his or herself and can not contribute on issues affecting him.

Child abuse which is a menace have become so rampant in the society that the number of abuse cases cannot be over emphasised. A lot of children are being subjected to different inhuman act by both parents, guidiance including the extended family that most people now accept is as normal.


It is also worthy to note that most abuse cases are children who are orphans or those living with relations not parents and are therefore treated lesser than the children of their guidance.


Examples of child abuse includes: subjecting a child to hard labour, the use of deadly materials on a child,rape,staving a child to mention but a few.

Children are the bedrock of every society, the nation builders,change makers and future leaders, abuse,neglected and maltreated children lack the self esteem to make something out of their life and therefore ends up in the streets, most times this children also grow up to become abusers too and the chain continues and continues.

Everyone in the society has an important role to play to end the abuse of children. Show love to that child with you,treat every child fairly and equally,report abuse cases to the authorities.


Together we will protect our children and preserve our future.


New Century Initiative.
#TakingAStepForward

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