Child abuse Question and answers rated A+
Child abuse Question and answers rated A+ Child abuse CANRA defines physical abuse as a physical injury inflicted by other than accidental means on a child, or intentionally injuring a child. Physical abuse is characterized by physical injury : for example (bruises, burns or broken bones) resulting from punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning, or otherwise harming a child. Although the injury is not an accident, the parent or caretaker may not have intended to hurt the child. The injury may have resulted from over-discipline or inappropriate physical punishment. Brainpower Read More Red Flags for Physical Abuse - Parental Behaviors Parental depression or other mental illness Parent tells you of use of objects (belts, whips, clothes hanger) to discipline the child Parent has unrealistic expectation of child (e.g., toilet-training a 6-month-old) Parent is unduly harsh and rigid about childrearing Parent singles out one child as "bad", "evil", or "beyond control". Parent berates, humiliates, or belittles child Parent misinterprets child's normal behavior (e.g., a parent interprets an infant's crying as evid
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