Child Abuse

Cheryl Lyles
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Not more than 20 years ago my parents used to slap my sisters and me, or beat us with what ever they could get their hands on. It was not considered abuse back then, it was called discipline. I became interested in this topic because now a day if you spank your child it is considered child abuse. The idea of “child abuse” is controversial. Are children getting it easy these days or are they really being abused?
There are four major types of abuse, physical, sexual, emotional, and neglect. The one I am going to focus on through out my paper is physical. Physical abuse is defined as any physical injury (ranging from minor bruises to severe fractures to death) as a result of punching, beating, kicking, biting, shaking, throwing, stabbing, choking, hitting (with hand, stick, strap, or other object), burning or otherwise, harming a child (www.calib.com). Why would a parent want to harm their child in such a way? Some people may have no contro...