Casey Halbrook
Period 2
12/8/10
LoMonte
Child Abuse: Side Effects
Although, the physical side effects of child abuse can damage them permanently, their mental health may pose a greater risk as they become integrated into society as adults. Psychological problems can arise in the forms of violence, depression, overeating, smoking, alcohol and other high-risk habits or illnesses. Survivors of child abuse are more likely to abuse their children and pass this detrimental act on for generations. If we can track our shipped packages all around to world and the number of thumbtacks manufactured daily, why can’t we better track child abuse?
“At, three hundred pounds, I wasn’t considered overweight, I wasn’t even considered obese, my doctor charted me as morbidly obese, food was my drug”, recounts Darlene Barriere who was a sufferer of child abuse in an extremely violent home. She now maintains a healthy weight and life style and workers as an abuse prevention educator. Psychological aspects of abuse last forever; these children are affected either physically or mentally. The mental problems manifest in the form of the inability to trust others and other risky activities such as alcohol abuse and illicit drugs. Some abused children even turn to suicide as an escape of their past and problems. I feel that no kid should ever have to kill themselves to escapee the terrors of their current situations.
As the abused children grow and become adults, having families and establishing their niche in the world, they pose a threat. Some becoming child abusers themselves and passing on this horrible undertaking, creating generations of pain and suffering of children. Abused child grow up are more likely to have a damaging affect on society and the people they come in contact with. These effects can include high risk activities like smoking, which can get other people sick and could possible kill them. This affects the society in a negative way, leading to callousness and anger.
Every time you walk past someone on the street, they might be an abused child or abuser. They impact our society negatively with callousness and violence. Passing along child abuse down to the next generation and so on until someone breaks it. Even though on child may stop the cycle, they may face psychological affect afterwards like overeating, depression and violence. All these events effects our society and affects our future generations of children.
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