Child Abuse - Will You Report It?
Please Report Child Abuse!
I once knew a couple who abused their children, who actually beat them black and blue and then proceeded to take pictures of them. Can you believe the gull of these people? This same couple's older daughter also confided in me and told me that she was beaten on a daily basis, and that was why she wore long sleeves and jeans on hot days. She showed me her bruises and I was so heart broken for her. I was 17 years old at the time, and I called Child Protective Services on them, and also had a close friend call them as well. The sad part is that they questioned the 3 children that lived in the house, and the children denied it for fear of getting beaten again. Child Protective Services did start keeping an eye on them, so for the next six months or so, they were being monitored, and their children were treated better than they ever had been. Do you really think they were cured? Well Melissa continued to wear long sleeves and jeans on sweltering hot days just as soon as the Child Protective Services stopped making house calls.
When I am talking about child abuse, I am not talking about a parent spanking their child. I was spanked as a child, and I do NOT consider myself to have been an abused child. I agree that a person can go too far with spanking, but in most cases, it can be justified. I am talking about parents and or guardians leaving marks on their children by excessive physical force or abusing them verbally.
Verbal child abuse can be just as bad as the physical abuse. Verbal abuse can break the child down, and give them all sorts of mental problems. Verbal abuse, sadly, is not reported nearly as much as physical abuse, and is also harder to prove.
How well do you think an abused child develops? Do you think they become productive members of society? Surprisingly, many do overcome their abuse, but the vast majority end up having mental problems such as depression. It is so unfair for people to be able to have children and abuse them. Children learn from their parents and many times become abusers themselves, because they know no different. Do your best to get them out of abusive homes!
How can you live with yourself if you know a child that is being abused, and you are not telling? You can report child abuse anonymously , so you cannot use the excuse that you are scared of retaliation. Please do the right thing and help children who cannot help themselves.
Published by Laura Fleenor
I am a divorced mother of 4 children (one in heaven), college graduate, and a webmaster. I was born and raised in Southern Indiana, and have also lived in the Tampa, Florida area. View profile
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11 Comments
Post a CommentWhatever can be done to save a child is worth the effort. I found out not long ago that a child had burned in a house while the child was chained to a bed. The child died and when asking a neighbor the neighbor blurted out that they knew something was going to happen sooner or later. When asked by police why the person did not report it, They just not my business. Well, that is plain sad. Who is worse? The people abusing the kids or those who look the other way while children die. I hope no one abuses their kids close to me. I will certainly have no problem reporting it.
I absolutely would report it. No question about it.
If your child tells you someone is abusing them believe them if they tell you something they shouldn't know about sexual behavior or if they have sexualized play locate a play therapist or a pediatric psychologist take your child. Just know that for all the talk there is about everyone wanting to help an abused child, Very few wants to help if it is an incest victim of a wealthy Dad. I knew when saw my frightened child telling me that Daddy was going to kill him because he told I had to continue to fight for justice. Some laws need to change if the child rape happens in a state other than were you currently reside is everyone but the one you are talking to jurisdiction. But keep looking talking fighting someone will help. Also be careful what pi you hire. Also I read something in a pamphlet a domestic violence center. Don't promise your child the perpetrator (their family member) will never hurt them again. I have been fighting to protect my child for over a year. Emailing words of
I certainly would. very thoughtful article.Do read my poem too. thanks for sharing.
I would! I have just had enough of watching this so-called form of 'discipline' take place and letting it pass,if I see it happening, my God yes I will report it,because hitting anybody is unacceptable,ecspecially little children who are smaller than we are, and if we sit back and do nothing, those children are going to keep getting smacked. Whenever I see it happen,my insides explode and I recieve physical chest pains. I have had them since I was six-years-old. To smack a child is abuse, no matter how much you put up a defense to make yourself feel big, to hit children is never okay and we all know it.
This person is a child rapist.
he likes 7 year old girls and he is 53 man
richard_rustopecker@hotmail.com
DONT ADD HIM
I was just reporting
Really, I tried to report verbal abuse, 3 times, where the children were yelling mercy please give me mercy and the DSS told me I had to come in and fill out a report and call the police, so there is no reporting it anonymously. So I did what they said and now my children are no longer allowed to play with neighborhood children because I'm a rat and the neighbors moved, never found out what happened. So, if someone know something I don't please post.
I totally agree with you
Also, for the kids who want to get back at their parents by reporting them to CPS for child abuse. Not getting the ipod you wanted for Christmas does not constitute child abuse. Yes, I have read of cases just like this. CPS will destroy your lives as well as your parents lives. Statistics prove this. CPS is broken and does far more damage than problem solving. Once again, do your research. The woman who wrote this article is running solely on opinion and opinions don't hold up very well in federal court. Facts do though.
Before somebody starts reporting their neighbors for suspected child abuse, I would seriously encourage these people what constitutes "child abuse". Yelling at your kids is not "child abuse". This is the opinion of the US Supreme Court. Disciplining your children IS NOT child abuse. Dirty dishes IS NOT neglect. Research CPS and fraud. It is rampant in this country. Look at all the federal lawsuits against CPS. They lose every time. Children are sources of funds for the counties and all it takes is one corrupt, incompetent social worker working in conclusion with a local rubber stamping judge to ruin a whole family's lives.