By definition, child abuse is the deliberate and willful injury of a child by a caretaker hitting, beating with an object, slamming against a wall, even killing. It involves active, hostile, aggressive treatment. The key word in the definition of child abuse is deliberate. Why would anyone deliberately harm a child? The physical destruction of a child is the extreme reaction of parents to the stress of having children. If child abuse is a factor …showed first 75 words of 4892 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4892 total…runaway child return to home. There is educational neglect when parents do not force their children to attend school. Either they do not enroll the child in school at the age required by law, or they allow their children to be chronically truant from classes. Another form of neglect is emotional neglect, which occurs when parents or guardians behave in a way that deeply disturbs a young child. It is when they fight or b