Informational Study on Child Abuse
Informational Study on Child Abuse
Sources of information vary, but it is estimated that one in five children are physically, emotionally or sexually abused in our country. There are many who believe, most abuse is nothing more than parents exerting their “right” to discipline their children and letting it get a little out of hand. People are tragically missed informed thinking beating children is a moral choice, which then makes it their decision. If one thinks it’s morally right to hit a child, then when the day comes where they beat their children to death…what is it then? Where does one draw the line on moral choice for child abuse?
Each year, millions of dollars are poured into child protection agencies in our country. This money would go to local facilities such as, foster homes and juvenile halls. There are also dollar grants that go to thousands of private organizations whose missions include basic child abuse preventions, and the counseling of abusive parents and victims. Each year the number of children being abused increases dramatically, estimate being about 3 million this year. Why? Why cause the tragedy of child abuse? Why makes this a moral choice when in reality everyone knows it’s wrong. There are people out there who know, beating their children is wrong, but yet still don’t hesitate one bit when deciding whether to hit their child or not. A lot of child abusers were once victims of child abuse. On any given day, some adult who was once a victim of a dark past of child abuse may vent his or her locked up frustrations on the society or the ones they love. We can stop this if we just say that the moral choice in this situation is, it’s morally wrong. No matter what the child has done, it’s never bad enough for a beating.
The public is well informed about the most common cases of child abuse. Unusual “accidents “ attract the media, which then raises the ratings. We hear stories of fathers hitting their children to an unconscious state, then going to bed and leaving them lying on the floor. We hear case were parents’ beat there children to death and then hide their bodies for a period of time. There then are the more common cases, were the media has little to with because the abuse isn’t “intense” enough. These common cases include,...