As children, we all have dependency on an authority figure, a parent, the law, a teacher of another relative. Wee look up to the authority figure, knowing that any small problem one has can be swiftly taken away from one's sight and shoulders. That authority figure is a child's training wheel for his or her up coming adult life. When the authority figure one looks up to break the trust cycle and love with abuse the child is face with reality rather than his or her fairy tale world that's expected of him or her. This causes the child to up faster and send reality crashing down, and being at the young age one is unable to understand the rawest of reality. Abuse impacts a child's future socially, emotionally and physically.
Socialization is critical in a child's life. It teaches on how to interact with others, certain survival skills and most of all being social lets a child be a child. That carefree attitude that one possesses is what gives a child the necessary courage to experience certain things about oneself and the world around him or her. It shapes his or her upcoming character as an adult. Abu
Everyone knows it's not healthy to hold in emotional feelings for too long. However, it is hard, when one is forced to. The only emotion that a child is permitted to express in an abusive environment is anger. Being angry all the time can lead to self-destruction or a violent crime. Abuse can also leave a child to become paranoid, as she gets older. Paranoia will make the child think everyone is out to get him or her, again isolating ones self from the rest of the world. The child may experience nightmares as he is progressing in age as well in adult age. To the victim of abuse, trust becomes the main objective in life, finding someone that can be trusted. Learning to withhold emotions as a child, one does the same, as one becomes an adult. The victim will find it hard to preserve any kind of relationship. Having the constant fear of reoccurring abuse, lack of trust or self-expression. Constantly holding in feelings that should be expressed will cause one to be frustrated and then aggressive.
Physical abuse is common among children, being that 1 million children are physically abused each year. The abused has
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