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Megan McClenny January 20, 2011 1A Child Abuse “ A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds”(national child abuse). Child abuse is the physical, emotional, or sexual mistreatment of children. It can occur in many ways and all of them are harmful to the child. Child abuse is wrong because it is harmful, it can leave a child mentally scarred, and it can even kill an innocent child. Emotional child abuse can leave a child mentally scarred. “Emotional abuse can severely damage a child’s mental health or social development, leaving lifelong psychological scars”(child abuse and neglect). Emotional child abuse consists of frequent yelling, name calling, ignoring or rejecting, and no physical love for the child. There are many signs of emotional abuse like the child being extremely unattached to their caregiver, anxious about doing something wrong, and extreme behavior (child abuse and neglect). Emotional child abuse can leave a child emotional unstable and is wrong. Children die everyday because of severe child abuse. Physical abuse is also very wrong and hurtful. It involves physical harm or injury to the child. Many parents claim they are simply disciplining their child, but they are intentionally hurting their child. It can leave scars, cuts, and even burns. It can also cause bleeding, bruises, and more severely brake bones or even kill a child. An innocent child is being hurt for no reason everyday and something needs to change because it is wrong. There is one more type of child abuse called sexual abuse. “ Girls are sexually abused three times more than boys”(APSAC Advisor, 9). Yes, it is more likely for a girl to be abused but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen to boys as well. “Approximately 60% of the male survivors samples report at least one of their perpetrators to be female”(Mendel). Sexual abuse is serious. It can cause STD’s or pregnancy in which probably wouldn’t have happened if they weren’t abused. “About 30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children”(National child abuse). It leaves the cycle repeating generation after generation. It needs to stop and we need to do something to change society. If someone is being abused, tell. It is said that most abusers are strangers and that it is only abuse if it is violent. Both statements are false; more often then not, the abuser is family and emotional and neglect can be just as damaging (child abuse and neglect). “Almost five children die everyday as a result of child abuse”(National child abuse). Child abuse can ruin someone’s life ever and it is cruel. Lets take action and put a stop to all child abuse because it is wrong in everyway.