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Definition of child abuse - correct answer ✔✔Definitions vary according to culture, time period,
individuals, and families. Definitional ambiguity makes it difficult to respond to the issue
Child abuse refers to an intentional act committed by a parent, caregiver, or person in a position of trust
that harms or threatens to harm a child's physical health, mental health, or welfare
Definition of child neglect - correct answer ✔✔Child neglect refers to an act of omission...
Specifically, the failure of a parent,
caregiver of person in a position of trust...
To provide for the child's basic needs and
proper level of care with respect to food, clothing, shelter,
hygiene, medical attention, or supervision
Incidence of child abuse is in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔Six children abused every minute in U.S.
Ratio of 45 of every 1,000 children
Rate of abuse nearly doubled between 1986 and
1993 (a "true rise")
How many children are Sexually abused? - correct answer ✔✔Estimated 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys
sexually
molested by the time they reach age 18
How many reported cases of child abuse in the US? - correct answer ✔✔More than 3 million reported
per year in the
United States
How many children die each year as a result of abuse in the US? - correct answer ✔✔Approximately
2,000 children die each year in the
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,U.S. from child abuse and neglect
Which socio-cultural factors are related to abuse? - correct answer ✔✔Cultural attitudes and norms
History of abuse in the family (cycle)
Family structure- Single parent families, those with many children and those with male children are most
at risk
Breakdown of the family
Presence of other forms of family violence
Child rearing practices
Alcohol or drug use in the family
Poverty/inequality
Characteristics of the child
Characteristics of the abuser
Cultural change
Children cannot protect themselves or speak
for themselves
"Goodness of fit" between child and
caregiver
What is the PIESS model? - correct answer ✔✔The five facets of development- Dr. Kim Openshaw
What does PIESS stand for? - correct answer ✔✔P-Physical
I-Intellectual
E-Emotional
S-Social
S-Spiritual
From a historical standpoint How were children viewed? - correct answer ✔✔Historically, children were
viewed as property of their fathers. Until the early 20th century, children were viewed and treated as
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,little adults. Children worked in coal mines, clothing factories, various industrial mills and were hired out
as farmworkers and household help
Education was not a right and poor children had no access to it. Some children were assigned jobs that
were to difficult, many were beaten and neglected. Children of slaves were thought of as property, they
worked, were sold, and often sexually abused.
p. 1-2
From a historical standpoint How were parental rights viewed? - correct answer ✔✔Parental rights,
specifically those of the father were absolute. They were allowed to determine the manner in which
their child was cared for, disciplined, and even whether they were allowed to live.
From a historical standpoint what was considered proper discipline? - correct answer ✔✔Corporal
punishment was the norm in school and at home.
Institutional punishment for children was also very harsh, in Massachusetts anyone over 16 who struck
their parent was sentenced to death.
Vocab: Patria Postestas - correct answer ✔✔The child is the father's property and he could do with it
whatever he wanted and that includes killing
the infant.
Justification for Abuse - correct answer ✔✔Maintain discipline
Transmit educational ideas
Please certain gods
Expel evil spirits
Religious beliefs and practices
Political agendas
(HD 300 Unit 2.2 Power Point)
Victorian era genital mutilation: - correct answer ✔✔Masturbation was believed to cause insanity, grow
retardation, early death, promiscuity, precocious sexual development, and nymphomania.
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, Genital mutilation including removal of clitoris, cutting of the penis, and cutting of the nerves to the
genitals were performed to prevent masturbation.
What are the different types of mutilation? - correct answer ✔✔Genital Mutilation (Female and Male)
Foot binding
Other forms of binding
Plates in earlobes and lips
Cranial deformation
Vicious mutilation
Which type of mutilation is most common today? - correct answer ✔✔Male circumcision is the most
common operation performed in United States. Early in the 20th
century, 90 percent of baby boys were circumcised. That rate began dropping in the early 70s to
a rate of about 58 to 65 percent by the late 70s
Pros
Cleanliness
Prevents phimosis
Prevents need for circumcision later on
Cons
Hemorrhage or infection
Scarring
May reduce sexual satisfaction
Female Circumcision (FGM) - correct answer ✔✔Performed on 2 million each year. In 1993, WHO called
for its elimination. Some immigrants to the U.S. request a "ceremonial" version of circumcision for their
female infants.
Complications:
Hemorrhage and infection and tissue
damage can occur at time of procedure, as a result of coitus, or during and following childbirth
Life-long complications
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Definition of child abuse - correct answer ✔✔Definitions vary according to culture, time period,
individuals, and families. Definitional ambiguity makes it difficult to respond to the issue
Child abuse refers to an intentional act committed by a parent, caregiver, or person in a position of trust
that harms or threatens to harm a child's physical health, mental health, or welfare
Definition of child neglect - correct answer ✔✔Child neglect refers to an act of omission...
Specifically, the failure of a parent,
caregiver of person in a position of trust...
To provide for the child's basic needs and
proper level of care with respect to food, clothing, shelter,
hygiene, medical attention, or supervision
Incidence of child abuse is in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔Six children abused every minute in U.S.
Ratio of 45 of every 1,000 children
Rate of abuse nearly doubled between 1986 and
1993 (a "true rise")
How many children are Sexually abused? - correct answer ✔✔Estimated 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys
sexually
molested by the time they reach age 18
How many reported cases of child abuse in the US? - correct answer ✔✔More than 3 million reported
per year in the
United States
How many children die each year as a result of abuse in the US? - correct answer ✔✔Approximately
2,000 children die each year in the
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,U.S. from child abuse and neglect
Which socio-cultural factors are related to abuse? - correct answer ✔✔Cultural attitudes and norms
History of abuse in the family (cycle)
Family structure- Single parent families, those with many children and those with male children are most
at risk
Breakdown of the family
Presence of other forms of family violence
Child rearing practices
Alcohol or drug use in the family
Poverty/inequality
Characteristics of the child
Characteristics of the abuser
Cultural change
Children cannot protect themselves or speak
for themselves
"Goodness of fit" between child and
caregiver
What is the PIESS model? - correct answer ✔✔The five facets of development- Dr. Kim Openshaw
What does PIESS stand for? - correct answer ✔✔P-Physical
I-Intellectual
E-Emotional
S-Social
S-Spiritual
From a historical standpoint How were children viewed? - correct answer ✔✔Historically, children were
viewed as property of their fathers. Until the early 20th century, children were viewed and treated as
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,little adults. Children worked in coal mines, clothing factories, various industrial mills and were hired out
as farmworkers and household help
Education was not a right and poor children had no access to it. Some children were assigned jobs that
were to difficult, many were beaten and neglected. Children of slaves were thought of as property, they
worked, were sold, and often sexually abused.
p. 1-2
From a historical standpoint How were parental rights viewed? - correct answer ✔✔Parental rights,
specifically those of the father were absolute. They were allowed to determine the manner in which
their child was cared for, disciplined, and even whether they were allowed to live.
From a historical standpoint what was considered proper discipline? - correct answer ✔✔Corporal
punishment was the norm in school and at home.
Institutional punishment for children was also very harsh, in Massachusetts anyone over 16 who struck
their parent was sentenced to death.
Vocab: Patria Postestas - correct answer ✔✔The child is the father's property and he could do with it
whatever he wanted and that includes killing
the infant.
Justification for Abuse - correct answer ✔✔Maintain discipline
Transmit educational ideas
Please certain gods
Expel evil spirits
Religious beliefs and practices
Political agendas
(HD 300 Unit 2.2 Power Point)
Victorian era genital mutilation: - correct answer ✔✔Masturbation was believed to cause insanity, grow
retardation, early death, promiscuity, precocious sexual development, and nymphomania.
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, Genital mutilation including removal of clitoris, cutting of the penis, and cutting of the nerves to the
genitals were performed to prevent masturbation.
What are the different types of mutilation? - correct answer ✔✔Genital Mutilation (Female and Male)
Foot binding
Other forms of binding
Plates in earlobes and lips
Cranial deformation
Vicious mutilation
Which type of mutilation is most common today? - correct answer ✔✔Male circumcision is the most
common operation performed in United States. Early in the 20th
century, 90 percent of baby boys were circumcised. That rate began dropping in the early 70s to
a rate of about 58 to 65 percent by the late 70s
Pros
Cleanliness
Prevents phimosis
Prevents need for circumcision later on
Cons
Hemorrhage or infection
Scarring
May reduce sexual satisfaction
Female Circumcision (FGM) - correct answer ✔✔Performed on 2 million each year. In 1993, WHO called
for its elimination. Some immigrants to the U.S. request a "ceremonial" version of circumcision for their
female infants.
Complications:
Hemorrhage and infection and tissue
damage can occur at time of procedure, as a result of coitus, or during and following childbirth
Life-long complications
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