Child Abuse

Child Abuse Needs to End

Introduction

Child abuse has taken the central stage of concern in the America since the last few decades. Child abuse policy in the America possesses notable deficiencies, which have only intensified the issue to the dangerous level. Moreover, the media focuses only on the sensational features of highly visible child abuse cases. However, according to the official reports, 1570 children died from abuse and neglect in the United States in 2011. In the same year, 279,000 child victims of abuse received support from the Children’s Advocacy Centers around the country. In 2012, this number increased further to 287,000. Nearly five children die every day in the United States due to physical and sexual abuse (National Statistics on Child Abuse, 2012). Rather than accidents, food poisoning, fires or drowning, child abuse causes the death of many children in the America. As such, child abuse has extended from a social problem to staggering epidemic proportions.

Child abuse creates significant negative effects on the overall personality development of children. Psychical, sexual, verbal, or psychological abuse affects them in many different ways. Children are the future of the country. Therefore, for the bright and prospective future of the country, it is needed to provide healthy and protective environment to the children by taking steps to end child abuse in America. This paper focuses on the further detailed facts, effects and impacts of child abuse on the society of the United States and possible ways to prevent it.

Statistics of Child Abuse

According to National Abuse Statistics’ report, approximately 681,000 children were child abuse victims in 2011, among which 21.2 percent were younger than one year. There were 75 percent victims of neglect; more than 15 percent suffered physical abuse; and almost 10 percent were victims of sexual abuse, of the children who experienced abuse or maltreatment. In more than 78 percent reported child abuse...