How to Handle Abuse Response.

This article I think would be a great help and influence more kids to know that they need to be able to trust adults or call a helpline. Atleast until someone takes actiona nd puts a stop to it. To save themselves, and possibly many more children. Child Abuse, anykind is a very bad thing adn needs to be stopped as soon as possible, like when it starts. It's not okay for any type of person to harm, hurt, abuse a child or anyone in that matter, no matter the reason or who you are. But if a person that is abused, or knows a person being abused I think this is one of many great articles to read and learn more about it, and how to tell someboyd, and why it's so improtant to tell somebody. Child Abuse needs to stop! I wish all adults were adults, guardians, supervisors awere there to help, encouarage, teach, and play with children, not hurt and abuse them!

How to Handle Abuse Notes

*Adults, guardians, supervisors are usually there to help, encouarage, teach, and play with them. Most anyways, some are adults who'd rather hurt and abuse a child.

*Abuse can affect all kinds of kids, no matter where they live, how much money the family has, or who the live with. Parents, stepparents, relatives, babysitters, teachers, coaches, bigger kids are all people who can abuse a child no matter if they are at home, school, child care, church or other religious buildings.

*Abused kids should always tell and talk to a trusted adult immediately, hard or not, child abuse is never okay. Whether children are frightened from what the abuser says, they need to be able to talk to someboyd. If not an adult then 1-800-4-A-CHILD is a helpline for anyone being abused.

*Different types of abuse can be hitting, constant yelling, uncomfortable touching. (1) Physical: hitting hard with hand, or objects such as belts, leaving bruises or cuts. Shaking, choking, pushing, painful grabbing, kicking are physical. (2) Sexual: Touching or making a child touch the abusers "private parts", abusers will most often say keep this a secret. (3) Verbal or Emotional: no touching has to be invloved, just have to yell all the time, calls them mena names, threatens to leave them, give them up, have them adopted, this could make the kid feel bad about themself and unwanted. & (4) Neglect: not giving a child food, clean clothes, beds, no baths, warm blankets, checkups&medicine.

*A few ideas to make it easier for children to be able to tell a trused adult(s) are:

• Talk to a trusted adult in person.
• Talk to a trusted adult on the phone.
• Write a note, an email, or send a letter to the trusted adult.
• Tell someone at school, like a school counselor, school nurse, teacher, or coach.
• Tell a friend's mom or dad.
• Tell someone who answers the phone at a hotline service, such as 1-800-4-A-CHILD.

*The way a kid tells and whom a kid tells will be different depending on the situation. The most important thing is to tell someone — or even several people — until someone takes action to stop the abuse from happening. A kid who tells on an abuser might be helping other kids, too. Some abusers hurt more than one kid.

*It takes a lot of courage to talk about this kind of thing, and sometimes it takes a while to feel strong enough to talk about it. That's OK. Just know that, in the end, telling a safe person is the bravest thing a kid can do. It can feel really good when a kid takes steps to stay safe and protect other kids from getting hurt.