II.

DIFFERENT KIND OF CHILD ABUSE

A. Physical Abuse

Physical abuse involves physical aggression directed at a child by
an adult most nations with child abuse laws considered the deliberate
infliction of serious injuries, or action that place the child at obvious
risk of serious injuries or death, to be illegal. Bruises, scratches,
burns, broken bones, lacerations, as well as repeated mishaps, and
rough treatment that could cause physical injury, can be physical abuse.

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THE AGONY OF INJUSTICE
JUST BEFORE THE DAWN, SOMMAYEH MEHRIS HUSBAND
SLIPPED into the bedroom where he slept with her two small daughter
and doused their sleeping figures with a bucket of acid. Mehri awoke to
excruciating pain and began shouting for help. Im burning, Im
burning!, she screamed. Her husband, who had earlier denied Mehris
request for a divorce, had cut the electricity to the house before his
attack. It took long minutes for Mehris neighbor to find the water and
reach the family in darkness. Today the skin across her face and arms is
covered with rough, discolored scars. One eye has fused entirely into the
skin, and she cans no more than faint shadows with her remaining eye.
Mehri knows only from others account that her younger daughter Rana,
now 3, is also badly disfigured, with burns across 60% of her body.
These days, Mehri and Rana spend their time traveling between
hospitals in Tehran and their home in Hemmatabad , a small village in
southeastern Iran, near the city of Bam. (The older daughter Nazanin
was injured less severely). They have both endured numerous surgeries
and will require many more. Doctors hope that with time they will be
able to restore Mehris sight and repair Ranas eyelid, enabling the

toddler to shut her remaining eye. But whether Mehri and Rana will ever
receive justice is another question. Under quesas, the eye-for-an-eye
principle of Irans Islamic penal code, Mehri is entitled to ask for
compensation are the right to blind and disfigured her husband with
acid. Authorities of the nearby Bam have been slow to the grant Mehris
divorce, however, and eventually release her husband last year on bail;
Mehri has told reporters that he has since threatened her life.
While such acid attacks her much less common in Iran than in
other countries like India or Pakistan, Mehris ordeal is a troubling
reminder of the legal and social discrimination women face under
Tehrans Islamic government. Irans judiciary often acts in proportion to
the media scrutiny and public outrage, and as a poor woman from the
provinces, Mehri has found herself unequipped to command media
attention. Her main concern remains treatment for her daughter Rana.
She doesnt understand yet what has happened to her, Mehri told an
Iranian news agency. Thats why shes still playful and happy. But with
one emptied-out-eye and a burned face, how she can live among her
friends and others? This is my great sorrow. (Azadeh Moaveni, TIME
art and darkness, 2013)

B. Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse refers to the participation of a child in sexual act
aimed toward the physical gratification or the financial profit of the
person committing the act.
Forms of Sexual child abuse:
Pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities
Indecent exposure of the genitals to a child
Displacing pornography to a child
Actual sexual contact with a child



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MY FATHER ABUSED ME

I was 11 years old when my father started sexually abusing me. I
hated him to the max. I havent told anyone about this because I trust
no one. I am now 21. When I tell my boyfriend about my past? Who
can I go to for help?

My heart goes out to you for going through hell because of your
fathers dastardly actions. I know I could never really empathize with
you, not having gone through the same experience, but I understand the
pain. Ive watched several T.V episodes regarding this matter and see the
pain on the faces of the victims of such abuse.
Telling your boyfriend about your past is a healthy thing to do.
Should he look beyond the physical scar and lace importance instead on
your total worth in terms of spirituality, maturity, being an ideal mate
them faint God for him.
I suggest that you see an OB GYNE. She will know what to do
with your problem. I point you to Jesus who has a heart big enough to
accommodate your problem and a love sufficient enough to keep you
warm. He will give you peace of mind and inner happiness. Make God
the center of your life and you will be content inside (Ecclesiastes 7:18).
(Taalas, Lucile B., Health and Home, 2004)

C. Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse is defined as the production of the psychological
and social deficit in the growth of a child as a result if the behavior such
as loud yelling, coarse, and rude attitude, inattention, harsh criticism and
denigration of the childs personality.


D. Neglect

Child neglect is a failure of a parent or other person with
responsibility for the child to provide needed food, clothing, shelter,
medical care or the supervision to the degree thats the childs health,
safety, and well-being are threatened with harm. Neglect is also a lack of
attention from the people surrounding the child, and the non-provision
of the relevant and adequate necessities for the childs survival, which
would be a lacking in attention, love and nurture.
(en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/physical_abuse)