Child Abuse

     What actually is child abuse? Child abuse has been defined as any form of emotional, sexual, physical, verbal harm or neglect meted out to a child by another person, be it adult or child. So many children than ever before are victims of one form of abuse or the other. Perpetrators consistently device new ways to execute their devilish acts without getting caught or suspected. Each day in the United States, more than 3 children die as a result of child abuse in the home. In 2000, an estimated 1,200 children died of abuse and neglect—an average of more than 3 children per day. Victims known to child protective services agencies, which track abuse and neglect in the home. Most of the children who die, are younger than six years old. Approximately three million reports of possible maltreatment are made to child protective service agencies each year. In the year of 2000, these referrals concerned the welfare of approximately five billion children. In 1999, an estimated 2.974 million child abuse reports were received by local child protective services. Child abuse is reported----on average----every ten seconds. Nearly one-half of substantiated cases of child neglect and abuse are associated with parental alcohol or drug abuse. It is estimated that one in every four children in the United States (28 million) are living in a household with an alcoholic adult.  84 percent of prison inmates were abused as children.Statistics show; 564,500 of kids in America suffered neglect
149,000 of kids in America were physically abused
83,500 of kids in America were sexually abused
64,000 of kids in America were psychologically or emotionally abused
142,372 of kids in America have been abondend, threats to harm the child, and children who are getting abused, either have a parent/ gardian, who is a drinker and/or has a drug adiction. 
     Child victims who were reported with disabilities accounted for almost 8% of all victims of child abuse and neglect in the 39 states. For every incident of child abuse or neglect that gets reported, it’s estimated that two others go unreported. My thoughts on child abuse are obvesily nagitive thoughts, but some people might think other wise. For instance, some people, who would disagree with the fact that child abuse is bad, might think; well it teaches children disipling, if I hit them, and if they don't want to get hit again, then they will do as they're told. Well yes, that is a good point, but are they really learning 'disaplin'? I don't think it teaches disaplin at all, because if it did teach disiplin, then why do they keep doing what ever they are doing that makes parents/gardians, hit them?