Among them the family's financial status is one of the key factors that cause child neglect. Children from poor families are most of the times not fully provided for by their parents. This is due to lack of funds to support their children and thus make them miss out on some essentials in life. Another cause of child abuse is different social and cultural practices. People's beliefs can also be a cause of child abuse. Children are physically abused when they are brutally hit by their parents in the name of disciplining them. 'Spare the rod spoil the child' this is a phrase that most people have misinterpreted and have ended up when inducing punishment to the children.

Domestic violence is also another cause of child abuse. When both parents are fighting at times one of the parents, in this case the...

Drug and substances use distorts the judgement of a person thus they could do something harmful to children and still not notice it. For instance alcoholism is one of the main causes of wrecking many marriages. It leads to violence, separations, poverty, and even death of one of the parents or both. All these factors are key causes of child abuse and neglect among many others.
Models of child abuse

There are various models of child abuse, they include: the sociological model, psychological model, the medical model and the feminist model. In the case of medical models, abuse is viewed as a disease. The disable children are viewed