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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