Armed with the right knowledge, you can reduce the risk of child abuse in your area. Check out these resources to learn more about abuse and how you can join the fight to stop it.
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What is Child Abuse? Abuse comes in many forms and the signs can vary from child to child. Child abuse is an epidemic that plagues all communities in North Carolina…
Emotional Abuse includes attitudes or behaviors toward a child that create serious emotional or psychological damage, and/or mental anguish. This may include active forms of abuse such as: Chronically belittling…
Sexual abuse is when someone engages in sexual acts (touching or non-touching) with a child. Sexual abuse may be perpetrated by an adult, adolescent or child who forces, persuades or…
Physical abuse is the intentional infliction of injury on a child, which may include: Beating Harmful restraint The use or threatened use of a weapon or of an object that…
Neglect is the failure of a parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker to provide needed food, clothing, shelter, medical care or supervision to the degree that the child’s health, safety and…
Start the Conversation Early It can be stressful to plan a big safety talk about abuse with your kid. The good news is you don’t have to. Conversations about abuse…
Conversation Starters It’s important to create a dialogue about topics like safety and abuse with your middle-schooler. Consider these prompts to engage them in conversation.
