Abusive Mother
It can be seen that the mother of five, in the book, does not abuse them. Typically, child abuse is about intentional detrimental action or inaction of a care giver towards the children under their (caregiver's) care. Further, abuse is such action or inaction that leads to some form of suffering, injury or death of the vulnerable and dependent child. Child mistreatment takes many forms. It may involve physical abuse, exploitation, sexual abuse, emotional abuse or even neglect. When a parent or caregiver metes physical injury that is non-accidental to a child, then it qualifies as physical abuse. Whereas physical abuse also takes various forms, the following signs are common and can be noticed easily. Therefore, when you see them, you should raise an alarm, or notify authorities.
Sexual abuse occurs when an adult uses a child to satisfy their own sexual desires or fantasies or even leads the child to participate in sexual activities. When older and more powerful children force younger ones to engage in sexual acts that seek to gratify the older children, it is also regarded as sexual abuse.
In addition, if a caregiver denies a child their right to social, physical, and mental development, or even makes the child experience severe...
Whereas abuse may occur incidentally, most child abuse cases are systematic and routine. They cause damage over a period of time.
Child neglect involves situations when a caregiver or parent fails to attend to the physical and emotional needs of the child under their care. It entails failure to provide the necessary conditions requisite for a child's normal development. Some highlights of child neglect include
Lack of sufficient supervision
Emotional abandonment
Failure to provide required medical attention
Failure to take children to school (Childhelp, 2016)
It can be deduced from the article that the mother of the five children does not qualify to be labeled a child abuser; judging from the conversation she has with the child welfare officer. Nevertheless, it is evident that the care she provides for her children is not sufficient. Her children are wayward. They move about in an almost naked state and have only one mattress to sleep at night between them. This is evident in the description given in the case file given to Mr. Parent; "mother lives alone with her five children aged 2 to 7 years." The house has no furniture. The siblings patch…
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