(PDF) Child Abuse and Neglect
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EssayAll children in this world need to be taken care of, to be cared and loved and to be kept safe by those who have been given this responsibility, which in normal situations is imparted with the parents. Yet, there are a number of children who feel unsafe, who have been orphaned, and who have been forced into sex trade and prostitution, and even have to scavenge the streets on daily basis (Dingwall, Eekelaar & Murray, 2014). These are the children who would never know what the normal life of a person is; till the time something dramatic changes in their lives, they would never feel safe and secure in this world. Even though this is a very shocking situation, it is quite prevalent in Australia and there are still a number of children who are in dire need of protection (Higgins & Katz, 2008). The Children’s Fund of the United Nations has giventhe statistics on biological parents being child abusers, and this figure stands at 80%. Then there is the risk of death as a result of maltreatment which is 3 times higher than the ones aged below one year, in comparison to the to the ones age between one to four. They face double the risk in comparison to the ones in between the ages of five to fourteen. There is at least one child who dies each week due to cruelty of an adult and the figure of abuse and neglect is not known (RoyalCollege of Midwives, 2008). The problem is increased as majority cases go unreported. Due to this situation being so grave, there is a need for taking proactive measures to safeguard the children. Further, it is not enough for such measures to be taken solely by the authorities and the child protection has to be made the business of every person, to truly save the innocent lives. In the recent history, there have been a string of major sexual assault scandals on the children in Australia, as well as, in a number of other nations. These instances create a feeling of disgust and urge the people to turn their faces away from this ugly reality. However, turning faces does not confront the problem and there is a need for taking up collective action as it being a mutual responsibility for protecting the children (Widom, Czaja & Dutton, 2014). This can be Page 2
Essaydone only by acknowledging that such instances of child abuse, sexual assault and other problems faced by children take place on daily basis and that there is a need to talk about these issues. The silence of society on child sexual abuse only safeguards the perpetrators and this allows for the abuse to be continued. The instances of child sexual assault are very common and even more common than one can think about (Young & Widom, 2014). The 2013 report of Australian Institute of Family Studies highlighted that there were as many as one in three girls and one in six boys who had experienced sexual abuse (Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2017). In the media, it was reported that there had been a mass scale of sexual exploitation in Rotherham in UK of 1400 children in between 1997 and 2013, which highlighted the total failureof social services and also of the police in making timely interventions (The Conversation, 2014a). There are a number of examples in the Rotherham report on the manner in which the children had been groomed up for eventual abuse in the public view and how they got inappropriate gifts and men’s attention (Rotherham, 2013). As per the conducted researches, the offenders plan the sexual abuse of children typicallyin a careful manner. They use tactics like grooming the children where the offer compliments and presents to the children (CASAC, 2018). A trusting relationship is often established by the offender with the friends and family of child, where they trick and manipulate them to bring down the chances of abuse being discovered. As a result of this series of deceit, the offenders areable to isolate and divide the children away from their friends, sibling and particularly from the non offending parents (Dietz, 2018). This allows for the abusers to protect themselves which ensures that they get constant and uninterrupted access to the children, which in turn allows themto have power over the target child and the ones in the life of the child (Black, Wollis, Woodworth & Hancock, 2015). Page 3
EssayIn the grooming techniques, secrecy is the base of success and has a very powerful impact over the child. Due to the rule which is against breaking the silence being reinforced in the families, along with being enforced through social and cultural contexts, the survivors, be it children or adult, face shame, fear and guilt in coming out with their stories (Van der Kolk, 2017). Some of the common effects of being trained to be sexually available and silent are fear of retribution, mistrust of self and others, protection of other, over responsibility, sense of powerlessness and self blame (Kagan, 2014). There is a need to change this outlook and there is a dire need to break this societal silence, which requires changing the language being used and the notions surrounding child sexual abuse which degrade them, to be removed. There is a need to change the outlook where the victim is treated like damaged goods and even making the assumption that the offender is a sick weirdo (MacIntosh, Fletcher & Collin-Vézina, 2016). However, as the instances of child abuse are so common, the society commonly interacts with the victims and the perpetrators, and this often includes the people liked and admired by all.This frequency of problems shows that the sexual offenders are not sick or evil or even paedophiles but simple friends and family members. This shows that a number of victims of sexual abuse are able to deal with the abuse effects, live their lives in a productive manner and are able to contribute towards the well-being of the society (Harper & Perkins, 2018). And then there are cases where the victims have improper brain development, lower language development, impaired socio emotional and cognitive skills, anxiety, cerebral palsy or blindness from head trauma, drug abuse, alcoholism, smoking and a higher risk for liver, lung and heart diseases, along with high chances of cancer, obesity, high cholesterol and blood pressure. There are physical, psychological, behavioural, and even economic repercussions of child neglect and child abuse (CDC, 2016). Page 4
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