Pedagogy

Child abuse is harm of a child by an individual, whether adult or child. It occurs in all ethnic, cultural, and income groups. Child abuse can be emotional, sexual, physical, or even through neglect. Abuse may result into grave injuries to the child and may perhaps lead to death. The earlier the abused children get assistance, the better chance for them to heal from the abuse and not perpetuate the cycle further.

 1. Child neglect and abuse are concerns of each and every member of the society and deserve societal solutions. We ought to come together as a group and do a greater campaign in order to raise awareness as well as press the lawmakers to develop and find solutions that will protect childrens lives. Besides, as a society we need to offer support to stressed families in which neglect and abuse do frequently occur. Be able to modify the present confidentiality laws to permit better public understanding any time a child dies through abuse and neglect. Finally, as a society we should standardize the way states define neglect and abuse, and press them to provide funds to sufficiently support child protection services.

 2. Child abusers should be extensively jailed for the horrible crimes they commit to the minors. These child abusers must be punished, since their actions wound childrens lives. Furthermore, its culturally obligated that adults are responsible of instilling good character in children to ensure holistic growth. However, if they misuse God given power and proceed to abuse children they ought to be heavily punished.

 3. It is quite critical that children are properly interviewed in cases of suspected abuse or in situations where children may be victims or witnesses of crime. Listening skill is one of the most important skills an interviewer ought to have when interrogating a child. He or she must do more of listening that talking. This allows the child to fill the silence by asking some leading questions which can be instrumental in the interview. In addition, psychological skills are as well vital during child inter view, for example an interviewer can include a child in everyday stories about children issues with a sole aim of extracting more information from him or her to fill the existing gap in knowledge. When questioning children, poor questioning should be avoided because can distress, upset, and sadden children further and thus, contaminating the much needed evidence.

 4. The current law defines how anyone convicted of any crime ought to be treated, ranging from trial to prison time. Pedophilia is a sexual aberration which unlike other sexual aberrations needs a momentous and significant attention, as minors who are offended in this case are incapable of legal consent. Since its a serious crime, jail time or prison is supposed to provide the criminals debt to the society. Sexual abuse of children is an addictive crime, and unless somber psychological treatment is commenced there is a probability that the offender will do it again. So I believe that pedophiliacs prison release must be restricted upon completion of long-term aversion therapy.

 5. The roles of social working which are geared towards curbing child abuses include mounting the value society places on children, discouraging extreme utilization of corporal punishment, making health more affordable as well as accessible, improving treatment for drug and alcohol abuse. Besides, social interventions should as well comprise escalating the economic self sufficiency of families, enhancing communities and their resources, increasing availability of affordable child care, and preventing the births of unwanted children.

 6. It is more likely that abused children will grow up to become abusers in order to reiterate the cycle, instinctively repeating what they went through as children. On the other hand, a number of child abuse survivors encompass a sturdy motivation to protect their children against what they experienced and ultimately become excellent parents (Bethea, 1999).