How to Handle Child Abuse?

It’s the responsibility of parents and other adults in family to take care of the children. Almost all parents and elders in a family love their children and take care of them. Still there are some parents and elders who hurt kids. In other words it can be called as an ‘abuse’.

Child abuse is such a dangerous thing. It causes so many negative impacts on every kind of child, whether they belong to a rich family or they live in any rural area. It doesn’t belongs to just a particular class. Children get abused mostly by their parents, their siblings, by a family member or even by their teachers.

Tell Right Away

Children, who get abused, should tell their parents or other adults in family member about their problem. Most of the children find it very difficult to talk about the abuse with their parents. The basic reason is that the abuser threaten the children to not to tell anybody about it. But children should talk to their parents or their guardians because any kind of abuse is wrong. 

If children can’t share it with parents or it’s difficult for them to find any other trust worthy member in family, then they should ask for help from a center, as many centers are working to help these kinds of children.

How a Child Know Something is Abusive

Abuse can be of so many forms, it may be physical, verbal, emotional or sexual. If children feel that someone is constantly hit them, hurt them, neglect them, bullies them or harassed them sexually then it is an abuse. A children may suffering from one kind of abuse or different kinds of abuse at a same time.

How to Tell Someone What is Happening?

It’s very necessary for kids to tell someone about the abuse they are suffering from. But the question is how a child can tell it to someone? There are several ways to tell about it.

• Talk to their parents
• Talk to other adult person in a family
• Write a letter or note to a person who is trustworthy for them
• Can contact to help centers 

It’s totally depending on the situation to whom the child tells and how he/she tells about the abuse. The child may tell it to a one person or so many people, until there is someone who takes the actual action against the abuse. The decision taken by child to talk about is not just good for him/her, but it’s very beneficial for other children as well who are suffering from same situation.

It’s not always easy for any child to talk about the abuse. Sometimes it takes a lot of time to feel enough strong, so a child finally can talk to someone. Children should take some time to feel strong and it’s totally fine. At the end it’s the bravest step taken by a child to stay happy and safe and to stop abuse from being happening.

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