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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