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Child Abuse Essay - Grade: A
Families, School and Community (TECA 1303 )
Lone Star College System
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Gonzalez 1
TECA 1303
Child Abuse At an early age, everyone starts to have a story. Unfortunately, some have to experience physical, emotional, mental, and sexual abuse that sometimes defines an individual the most throughout their life. In the United States, it's common for a child to experience child abuse and neglect at an early age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 1 in 7 children experience child abuse. Also, CDC states that in 2019, "1,800 children died of abuse and neglect in the United States." Personally, it is sad to hear that many children grow up feeling unwanted, unworthy, unloved, and to some of those children, it leads to death. Even though child abuse cannot be preventable, there are resources, programs, and people who advocate for children, lessening child abuse.
Child abuse can come in different forms; as mentioned at the beginning of the essay, it can be emotionally, mentally, physically, sexually, and neglect. Abuse can be inflicted by their parents, caregivers, relatives, and even family friends. According to Mayo Clinic, some signs of being aware of child abuse are withdrawing themselves from their friends or everyday activities, their behavior changes, frequent absences from school, or reluctance to leave school instead of them going home. A child with unexplained injuries or bruises or their story does not match how they got their injuries. ( Mayo Clinic ) In the case of a teacher, if they suspect child abuse, she/he must report it even if their suspicions might be wrong. It is better to take the chance to be wrong than not knowing what would have had happened to a child for not reporting. A teacher's job is to inform those incidents to school administrators, social workers, counselors, law enforcement officers, or anyone in the health field. Doing so lessens the possibility of a child getting abuse.
Gonzalez 2 There are resources out there to help families in child abuse, and as a future educator, take the initiative to prevent child abuse. Some resources for parents are educating them about child abuse and help parents to "build a stable, nurturing relationship with their child." ( CDC ) As an educator, you grow to care for your students and which the best for them. With that comes having concern for their safety. I would want to build a relationship with a child and earn their trust and let them know and make them feel that they can count on me to help them. Speaking on the child that feels vulnerable, those who think like they did something wrong help them find their voice. Somethings that I might do as a future teacher do activities that let me get an insight on their personal life, writing prompts, and even take time to eat lunch with the students and have conversations. That would let me know if there were abuse. Also, educating them about child abuse and how some people are willing to help them overcome and heal from abuse.
To conclude, child abuse is a complex topic to hear but even much more difficult for those who experience abuse, leaving them with a scar that they would carry through life. That child trauma that brings shame, fear, tiredness, and weariness would remain with them. But teachers and other people should be advocacy for child abuse. Having at least a person who shows that they care and want the best for them would make a difference in their lives. Helping a child to find their voice, find the light from the darkness, and feel safe and secure once again. As a teacher, I would want to help a child to the best of my abilities.
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Child Abuse Essay - Grade: A
Course: Families, School and Community (TECA 1303 )
University: Lone Star College System
