Problem Solving How do we Combat Child Abuse

he legal guardian fails to provide
             the child with proper supervision or guardianship by allowing the child to be
             harmed, or to be at risk of harm which includes when the guardian misuses
             drugs or alcohol him/herself." (Neglected Child)
             Children who fall victim to neglect feel that their parents have no time for them.
             The psychological aspects of this type of abuse is that the child or children affected
             typically try to get attention at school or somewhere away from home, are
             abnormally aggressive, and become somewhat maniacal when left alone for long
             periods of time (Understanding Child...).
             The second type of child abuse is physical abuse, which is responsible for
             22.7% of total abuse cases that were confirmed. Physical Abuse is characterized by
             the infliction of physical injury as a result of punching, beating, kicking, biting,
             burning, shaking or otherwise harming a child. The parent or caretaker may not have
             intended to hurt the child, rather the injury may have resulted from over-discipline or
             physical punishment (Child Maltreatment). The most common way to indicate a
             physically abused child is notable marks on the body, such as bruises, cuts, and
             knots. The main behavioral indication of physical abuse is the child is far too
             aggressive when they are not around his or her parents. They also tend to pick on
             others, but get extremely angry when someone else picks on them (Understanding
             Sexual abuse is the third type of child abuse, which accounts for 11.5% of all
             confirmed abuse cases. Sexual abuse includes "fondling a child's genitals,
             intercourse, incest, rape, sodomy, exhibitionism, and commercial exploitation
             through prostitution or the production of
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