Children Are Our Gift

Every day, there is a child suffering from abuse at the hands of parents or foster or adoptive parents. Child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child. The four major categories of abuse of a child are neglect and physical, psychological and sexual abuse. I suffered from physical and psychological abuse as a child and know how these children feel. The physical aspect can involve aggressive actions such as hitting the child. Child neglect is defined as a failure to take care of a child’s needs for things such as food, proper clothing, shelter and medical care.
There is one case that recently stood out to me. There was a boy in Michigan who suffered from abuse from his stepmother. This boy was locked in the basement for 11 days. He also had to perform different exercises even after he repeatedly told his stepmom that he didn’t want to do them anymore. Child abuse needs to stop now.


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