Facts About Child Abuse RESPONSE.

The facts and percentages about child abuse was very interesting and caught my attention, and not in a very good way. It's insane how much being abused as a child can effect the rest of your life, like to prison inmates. And what really bothers me, which I guess I already knew, kind of, is that kids are mostly all the time abused by people that are close to them and not strangers; how could you do that to your kid, or even a child you know? You could be killing them, or paralyzing them, scarring them for life. The 10 things to do instead abusing a child list that this article gave was amazing, and I thought a really good idea, and adults that abuse children should really take the time to calm down, relax and just think about it, if a child does something that really makes you want to beat them, abuse them, so badly to kill them sometimes. I also think adults should really think about having kids, whether or not to try and have one, or even keep it if it's an accident, maybe consider adoption. Child abuse is wrong, and shouldn't be done. I don't understand how a person could hurt another human being, so little. Kids also need to be brave and be confident that they will make it through and someone will help them, they need to be able to trust somebody else that will do something about it! I think that everybody should watch for the signs that this article gives, about the different kinds of abuse and how to be able to tell, so that they can maybe help somebody, even if they SAY they don't want it.

Facts About Child Abuse NOTES

• 84% of prison inmates were abused as children.

• One in three girls and one in five boys are sexually abused by an adult at some time during childhood. (Most sexual abusers are someone in the family or someone the child knows, not the proverbial stranger with a lollipop.)
• Families with four or more children have higher rates of abuse and neglect, especially if their living conditions are crowded or they live in isolated areas.
• More than 80% of abusers are a parent or someone close to a child. Child abuse is far more likely to occur in the child's home than in a day care center.
• One in thirteen kids with a parent on drugs is physically abused regularly. (Drug and alcohol abuse in the family makes child abuse about twice as likely.)
• One out of ten babies born today are born to mothers who are abusing drugs. Drinking and smoking heavily during pregnancy also endangers the health of unborn children.

What Kids Can Do

Know your rights!!! Nobody, including your parents, can:

• Hit you hard enought to cause an injury.
• Leave you by yourself for a long time.
• Force you or tell you to have any kind of sex with anyone.

Anyone who does any of these things has a problem. They need help!

Don't be afraid to ask for help. Don't believe anybody who says something bad will happen if you talk. Things can only get better than they are.

If you know a kid who is being hurt physically or sexually, call 1-800-4-A-CHILD and talk about it.

Some Signs of Child Abuse

-Emotional

• A child who just doesn't care.
• A child who suffers from depression.
• A child who won't take part in play or school activities.
• A child who is often hostile or aggressive.
• A child with a loss of appetite.
• A child who compulsively overeats.

-Neglect

• Any of the signs above.
• A child who is hungry much of the time.
• A child wandering outdoors unsupervised.
• A child unsuitably dressed for the weather.
• A child who is continually dirty or wearing the same soiled clothes.
• A child who shows up early or stays late at school.

-Physical

• Bruises or welts shaped like an object (belt buckle or electric cord).
• Bruises in unusual places (back, eyes, mouth, buttocks, genital areas, thighs, calves).
• Layers of different colored bruises in the same general area.
• "Sock" or "glove" burns on feet or hands or doughnut shaped burns on buttocks (from forcing the child into hot water).
• Small round burns from cigarettes.
• Burns in the shape of an object (iron, fireplace tool, or heater).
• Rope burns on ankles, wrists, or torso.
• Adult sized bite marks.
• Suspicious fractures (doctors and nurses are trained to recognize these).

-Sexual

• Withdrawal or anti-social attitude.
• Refusal to undress for physical education or sports.
• Exaggerated interest in sex or "acting out" sex with other children.
• Unusually seductive behavior.
• Fear of intimate contact (hugging or sports)
• Torn, stained, or bloodied clothing.

Things To Do Instead of Hurting a Child

1. Take a deep breath. Take a few more. Remember, you are the adult.
2. Close your eyes and imagine you are hearing what your child is about to hear, or receiving the same punishment.
3. Press your lips together and count to 20.
4. Put the child in a "time-out" chair for a number of minutes. The rule is one minute for each year of age.
5. Put yourself in a "time-out" chair. Are you really angry at the child or is it something else.
6. Call a friend to talk about it. If you need to, dial 1-800-4-A-CHILD (National Child Abuse Hotline).
7. If someone can watch the children, go out for a walk.
8. Take a hot bath or splash cold water on your face.
9. Turn on some music. Sing along if you want.
10. Pick up a pencil and write down a list of helpful words, not words that will hurt.
    

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.

Teens fearful of reporting domestic abuse

After reading many articles, on different ways people abuse their own, or other children, this artlice was great, it feels good knowing that there are people that care. And the story about Chris and Rhianna, I think, will help kids, teens, adults realize how dangerous or unhealthy an abusive relationship is. I thinks it's great how in some states there's now a law to have class on absuive realtionships and different people are coming up with sites, and programs to help people that may have gone through or going through abuse. Alot of teenagers, and even young adults say it's okay that their significant other hits them, or controls them, or call them rude names. But it's not, they don't realize how bad it could get, or how it's getting. Anyone who has gotten in one needs to learn to get out of it, get help, don't be scared to tell somebody. It's only going to get better, as long as you tell somebody. Same goes for children, if you think a child is getting abused, you need to do something, tell somebody, or it could only lead to the worst, death. I also think it's great after seeing, and reading all the articles on diffferent kinds of abuse, that people are caring and coming up with different ways to help and talk to the kids about abuse. I also thought is was really good, for people who may be reading this and gone through, or knows someboyd going through it, that they have the ways to tell if you're being abused, or somebody else is being abused!

Teens Fearful of Reporting Domestic Abuse

In Chigago A common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: "Ha! She probably did something to provoke it," said Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest (Ill.) High School
In Chicago, Sullivan High School sophomore Adeola Matanmi has heard the same.
"People said, 'I would have punched her around too,'" Matanmi said. "And these were girls!"

As allegations of battery swirl around the famous couple, experts on domestic violence say the response from teenagers just a few years younger shows the desperate need to educate this age group about dating violence.
Their acceptance, or even approval, of abuse in romantic relationships is not a universal reaction. But it comes at a time when 1 in 10 teenagers has suffered such abuse and females ages 16 to 24 experience the highest rates of any age group.

In recent years, some schools and youth organizations have started educating teens about the dangers of dating violence. Rhode Island and Virginia have adopted laws requiring such instruction in the public schools.
But most states, including Illinois, don't have such a mandate, and education on the topic remains in short supply, experts say. Two of three new programs created by the federal Violence Against Women Act in 2005 to address teen dating violence were never funded.

"This incident has brought the issue into sharp focus," said Esta Soler, president of the California-based Family Violence Prevention Fund. "This type of education is not happening in any broad or consistent way. We need to take it to scale, to make sure it's happening in every community."

Details of the incident between singers Brown and Rihanna are fuzzy, but the story continues to create much buzz among teens across the Chicago area. Because she's 21 and he's 19, many teens see them as peers.
Katie Lullo, a junior at Elk Grove High School, said her classmates and friends were upset. "No one thinks it's right for a guy to hit a girl," she said. And when the topic arose at an after-school program at Evanston, Ill.'s YMCA, many participants said abuse was "bogus."

But other teens insist violence is sometimes justified in relationships.
While young fans have plastered Rihanna's MySpace page with notes of support, many comments on Brown's page express delight at the possibility that he battered a woman.

Kriana Jackson, a sophomore at Sullivan, said it's a sign of a broader culture of acceptance of abuse.
"There was a girl at school this week with a scratch on her eye," Jackson said. "She was talking openly about her boyfriend hitting her, but she was smiling and saying it was funny."

Young people carry these attitudes into adulthood, experts say, and young targets of dating violence are more likely to succumb to aggression in later relationships.

For that reason, experts see education and other prevention initiatives geared at teens and preteens as one of the best hopes for halting dating and domestic violence.
"We know that education is absolutely crucial to breaking the cycle of abuse and strengthening healthy relationships," said Candice Hopkins, director of loveisrespect.org, the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, which started in 2007 and receives about 90 contacts a week.

Because young victims move in a different world than that of older people, they require unique interventions.
Text messaging and online social-networking sites, especially popular among teenagers, serve as tools for stalking and harassment. Victims often keep quiet, fearing that if they report another student's aggressive behavior, they will be socially ostracized -- or that their parents will confiscate their cell phone or close a Facebook account.

Teens also can have a harder time severing contact with an abuser. Many are forced to see the perpetrator every day at school, sometimes in the same class. Young adults seeking an order of protection from Cook County judges must bring a guardian to apply on their behalf.

Last summer, the president of the National Association of Attorneys General launched a campaign called "Working Together to End the Violence" and specifically called on communities to focus on relationship abuse among young people. More recently, the Family Violence Prevention Fund launched a national public-service advertising campaign this month called "That's Not Cool" to help teens recognize digital dating abuse and take steps to prevent it.

The Chicago-based group Between Friends is among the non-profit organizations that go into schools to teach students about the signs of abusive control, why it's wrong and how to cultivate healthy relationships. Its REACH program gets students involved in role-playing and other exercises.

"When we first get there, it's not unusual for kids -- both boys and girls -- to say it's OK to hit your girlfriend or boyfriend," said Kathy Doherty, the organization's executive director. "By the time we're done, they say, yes, it is abuse, and, no, we shouldn't do that."

As Doherty and others work to expand such programming, they hope teachers, parents and others use the story about Brown and Rihanna to talk to teens about dating violence.
Loos said his law teacher at Lake Forest recently incorporated the story into class.
But when students brought it up in Chelsea Whitis' economics class at Lane Tech High School in Chicago, the teacher brushed it aside.
"He said the celebrities were getting too much attention and didn't want us to talk about it," Whitis said.

WARNING SIGNS AND SOURCES OF HELP
Signs of an abusive relationship
Your boyfriend or girlfriend:
--Hits, slaps, pushes or kicks you
--Controls where you go, what you wear or what you do
--Tries to stop you from seeing or talking to family or friends
--Calls you derogatory names
--Sends repeated text messages
--Forces you to do something sexual when you don't want to

SIGNS THAT YOUR FRIEND OR CHILD MAY BE IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
She apologizes for his behavior and/or makes excuses for him.
She frequently cancels plans at the last minute for reasons that sound untrue.
She seems worried about upsetting him or making him angry.
She's giving up things that used to be important to her and is becoming increasingly isolated.
Her weight, appearance or grades have changed dramatically. These could be signs of depression, which could indicate abuse.
She has injuries she can't explain, or the explanations she gives don't make sense.

Note: Males can also be victims and show similar signs

RESOURCES
~National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: loveisrespect.org, 866-331-9474
~National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
~Domestic Violence 24 Hour Helpline For Survivors in Illinois: 877-863-6338
~www.thatsnotcool.org, funded by the Family Violence Prevention Fund(c) 2009, Chicago Tribune.Visit the Chicago Tribune on the Internet at http://www.chicagotribune.com/
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Ten Reasons to Prevent Child Abuse: RESPONSE

I was really happy to read this article. I think these reasons to prevent child abuse are great, and shows that people do care about it, and would like it to stop completely. The fact that kids under the age of 1 are dieing so rapidly because of this rediculous, uncalled for abuse, is unbelievable! And seriously, parents and people who are abusing these children, because they may have been abused as a child and are doing what they had done to them when they were children, are causing so much damage, physically and emotionally; chronic health problems, cognitive and language disorders, and socio-emotional problems, such as low self-esteem, lack of trust, and poor relationships with adults and peers. I could never do that to a child, whether i was abused or not, and I would think that because you were abused as a child and knew how it felt and hurt and broke you mentally, physically and emotionally, you wouldn't want that for your own children, but i guess i'm wrong!? I think as a new parent, and you were abused as you were younger therapy, though doesn't always work, would be the best to atleast try, prevent it, keep your kids safe, not kill them or make them suffer. HAving therpay I agree would make a much better world, neighborhood and community. And also allow children to be more comfortable with the way the live and with the people tht surround them, that they may have to be around. prevent child abuse in any way you can!

Ten Reasons to Prevent Child Abuse: NOTES

1) Child abuse can be fatal. Each year, an average of three children a day are fatal victims of maltreatment. The vast majority of these children are under the age of one.

2) Child abuse stymies a child's normal growth and development. The emotional and physical damage children suffer from abuse and neglect is extensive. Documented consequences of abuse include chronic health problems, cognitive and language disorders, and socio-emotional problems, such as low self-esteem, lack of trust, and poor relationships with adults and peers.

3) Child abuse is costly for many social institutions.

4) Child abuse costs continue to multiply over time.

5) Child abuse victims often repeat the violent acts that they experienced on their own children. Although some victims can overcome the scars of their abuse, child abuse victims are six times more likely to become abusive parents than non-abused children are.

6) Treatment services, while critical, are often ineffective in permanently altering parental behaviors.

7) Prevention programs targeted at parents before they become abusive or neglectful reduce the likelihood for future maltreatment. Home visitor programs for new parents have consistently demonstrated the most positive outcomes. Specific gains include improved mother-infant bonding, enhanced parenting skills, and more consistent use of health care services. Recipients of these services also have demonstrated a reduced rate of child abuse when compared to comparable groups of parents not receiving services.

8) Prevention programs targeted at children can improve a child's awareness of how best to avoid child abuse and other unsafe practices. Repeated reviews of numerous evaluations of these programs indicate that such efforts can result in increased knowledge for children about safety rules and what they should do if they are being abused. Further, the programs create an environment in which children can more easily disclose prior or ongoing maltreatment.

9) Child abuse prevention efforts serve as a way to combat other social problems of concern to the public and to policy makers.

10) Child abuse prevention creates a more compassionate society, one which places a high value on the welfare of children.

Response: Mother Charged With Child Abuse, Torture

This has definately been one of the worst child abuse report. Because not only was the mother abusing her 5 children, severly, and her kids are so terrified of her that they never want to see her again, but her husband, i'm guessing their father, made and excuse for her. Like it was okay, when it's far from okay! Putttin your child in an oven, a hot oven, and poking her in the eyes with a hot metal pole and then beating another child with a metal pole, is completly wrong on every level and should have no excuse for it and should never be aloud to have custody of her children again. And so what, who cares if she is suffering a mental illness and is supposedly a good mother when she is on medications and going to therapy. If she isn't going to stay on her meds and keep going to therapy she shouldn't be aloud to have her children, under no circumstances and her husband shouldn't allow her to do so just because she is sick. It would seem more smart to me if he didn't allow them in custody of her when she was sick, and allowed her to abuse them like that. If she is sick, he is more to blame then she is, in my opinion. If she wanted to keep her kids and cared, she also should;ve stayed on her medication and kept with therapy at all times. A hot oven is ignorant and besides killing, the worse thing you can do to a poor child. :( :( :(

Notes: Mother Charged With Child Abuse, Torture

~A mother of five children, ages 9 months old, 4 years, 6 years, 8 years and 9 years old. from Detroit, has been charged with two counts of first-degree child abuse and with two counts of torture on Wednesday.
~This mother, Reyna Valentina of Hamtramck, called the cops on herself!
~She was accused of putting her 4-year-old daughter inside a heated oven & burning her eyes with a metal object.
~4 year old stated "Mom cooks me like a turket in the oven" says Hamtramck police Detective Ben Bilecki.
~the youngest also stated that, "Mama gave me the boo bos in my eyes."
~this 40 yr. old mother is also being accused of beating her 6 yr. old with a metal bar.
~"All of the kids are terrified of their mother, the defendant in this case. They do not want to go back to her," Bilecki said.
~Randy, who is Reyna Valentina husband, is a good mother but is suffering from mental illness.
"Reyna is a fantastic mother. She's a very loving mother. She has a mental illness that she's dealt with for 20 plus years since she was a child," he said. "The things that she has done are only when she's off medication. When she's ill, those things present themselves."
~"She's Perfect." Randy says, when she is on medication and keeps up with therapy.
~children are now in protective custody, and Officials told Local 4 that the children have been removed before.
~If Valentina is convicted she could spend the rest of her life in prison, preliminary exam is on Feb 12.

CPS Releases Report After Child Dies from Alleged Abuse

My response to this article was unbelievable. Somethign that really gets to me is how a mother, or any parents could stay or be with somebody who abuses their children. But then again, she was probably apart of it. But by the sounds of it, it was all him. Either way, I wouldn't allow anybody to abuse my children, allow them to drink alcohol or do drugs. I don't understand how a mother, a parent could allow that to happen to a child. Or be apart of abusing a child, your own cihld so much that he dies from it. If the mother knew her kid wa sbeing abused, and the father wanted custody of the child, whynot let him? Unless she really wanted the kid to be killed, hated the kid so much. How could a mother be that irresponsible and crude to allow her child die?! Another thing that I was aggravated by in this article was that the neighbor even called CPS about a dozen times in the past months before 10-year old, Seth, died. The neighbor told the CPS screener that she heard screaming and fighting and banging and ws concerned for child abuse, and they did nothing. They didn't do anything, they didn't listen. They didn't remove the children from their care because they weren't at eminent risk! who cares, they were being abused and the neighbor knew, why not do something about? ERG! I also think that the father of this 10-year old boy should be able to and go through with sewing CPS!

CPS Releases Report After Child Dies from Alleged Abuse

-Father of 10-year old Seth Ireland tells he is going to sue Child Protective Services for his son's death, and has hired a well-known Fresno Attorney.

-Warren Paboojian says he will file lawsuit againisnt CPS in 30-60 days.

-Seth died Jan. 6th after invetigators say 5th grader had ben severely beaten by mothers boyfriend, Lebaron Vaughn. Rena Ireland also in custody on child abuse charges.

-Paboojian says CPS recieved alot of warnings but never removed Seth from his abusive home.

-"He also wants to make sure this never happens again and to find out what happened and why the system failed Seth and Joe Hudson, and this terrible tragedy occurred. Obviously, one of the ways you do that is to file a civil suit and seek monetary damages," said Paboojian.

-childs father, Joe Hudson, was fighting for legal custody before his death.

-seth and brothers were allowed to use alcohol and drugs while in mothers care.

-Fresno County Department of Children and Family Servies release complete investigation file.

-in past few months half a dozen calls were made to fresno Country Child Protective Services about the 10 year old.

-from august 27th to december 29th, CPS had gotten 6 different referrals.

-CPS screener was informed that anonymous called could hear arguing and fighting and banging on walls coming from seths home.

-The caller says," The kids are often heard screaming, stop!" caller has concerns for kids being abused.

-CPS said seth adn brothers never removed because notn at eminent risk.

-Huerta says a quality assurance board compiled the report.

-It also says the county paid up to $5,000 for burial expenses because the 10-year old died while under the care of Child Protective Services.

Response on: Police: Man Abused Child for 16 Years

After reading this article I was way more shocked than I have been. For sixteen years, this guy abused some poor child, sexually. Taking Videos of it was way over the top for me, sexually abusing a child for the worst 16 years of his life is way over the top for me. Just regular child abusing is ignorant and i'm sure everybody, besides the people who do it, would agree with me. Sexually abusing, child abusing, for sixteen years, is just plain and utterly stupid. How can people live with them selves after doing such a harmful thing, and putting a young human being it such a hurtful experience. Ecspecially for so long, even after one hit of child. I know I couldn't live with myself for doing anything like that. I also don't get why it took the victim 16 years to finally say something, but it's a good thing. And its a wonder how the person is still alive. people are pathetic, they can't get somebody their own age, so they go after the young ones to get what they want, because they know they will get it from them, is that it? I just don't understand. It's pathetic.

Notes on: Police: Man Abused Child for 16 Years

Investigation Results:
+Allegenay County Police in Cumberland file charges against man being accused of sexually abusing a male chiild for sixteen years. sense 1991-2008.

+files charges against 42 yr. old Kenneth Dow Green, lives on Valley Rd. in Cumberland.

+investigation started; law enforement officials recieved complaint from victim.

+recieved search warrent to Kenneth Greens house.

+evidence recieved: Videos of the sexual activities were found, as well as other evidence to support allegations.

+charged with: 2nd, 3rd, 4th Degree sex offense, sexual abuse of minor, child abuse!

+after initial appearance before District Court Commisioner, incarcerated in Alleganey County Detention Center for $950,000.00 bond. After court, bail review bond stayed the same.

+additional charges: 2nd degree sex offense (2 counts), 3rd degree sex offence (4 counts), 4th degree sex offense, child abuse (4 counts), Sodomy, attempted 1st degree sex offense, attempted 2nd degree sex offense (2 counts), attempted sodomy (2 counts), peverted practice (2 counts).

+after new charges, bond was dropped, after appearacne at district court commisioner.

Hillarys response

Hey I enjoyed reading your articles and I was happy to see that there were shelters and everything for abused children. It's nice to see that people are helping out and trying to take care of these abused kids. Abuse is something that I feel no child should have to go through and I know it's definately something that is very hard to try and forget and put behind you. I don't like children being abused or hearing about these innocent kids getting hurt and it's nice to know there are people in the world who really care about children and who want to try and protect them and make sure that they are safe. Good job with all your articles, responses and citations. You're doing a good job!

Grace Responce

your citation was complete . Your fount was the same i think and you are getting great information sad thought but good. your notes are great. It was a sad articles thought . You are completely right why bring a child into this world if your going to treat like you stuff animal that you drag around .

Mardy's response

Your blog is pretty well put together and you have good information. I think that you picked a very good subject to research because it is important. I don't know how easy it will be for you to research this. It shocks me too that parents, gaurdians or any one would want to hurt kids. Good job so far. the green was somewhat easy to read

Danica's Response

Kianna- You took good notes on this article. The citation is complete and correct. And the title of the response is the same source of the information in the citation. The text is the same as the 5 paragraph essay, and the text color is the same in both articles and different from the 5 paragraph essay. The responses are in complete sentences, and so is the notes. The first blog post had more information, you should look into the toher article about the mother abusing her children more; it seems interesting.

Response on Palm Bay Woman

When I read this article, is shocked me. It completely took me by surprise, how a mother of 4, not just one child, but FOUR children would be able to abuse one of them, that we know for sure, bad enough for the 4-month old infant had a spiral imjury. Then blame it on her 20-month old daughter. That's ignorant, selfish, and hurtful. I don't understand why or how anybody, ecspecially parents of any aged children could abuse their child in any way, shape, or form. It's depressing and needs to stop. To me, if you don't want kids, which you obviosuly don't if you just abuse them, then use protection, don't have kids, and be responsible. The poor children could have had way better lives then what some parents are giving them, these days. :(

Notes on Palm Bay Woman.

NOTES:

25 yr. old woman, Michelle Taylore, has a 4 week old son.

she got arrested, wed. 10, 2008; after taking son to hopital for spiral fracture in right leg.. detectives say caused by abuse!

woman had 3 other children.

charged for child abuse, making inconsistent statements;
blaming injury on 20-month old daughter.

Taylors children were taken into custody, and she was arrested.

Tampa Fl Response

My thoughts toward that aricle I just read was amazed. I think it is very great that people are willing to do something like that, and help people, whether they are being abused or veterans. I know the veterans had nothing to do with child abuse. But I thought it kind of went with the whole thing. And I just think it's really great that thouse people were able to and wanted too make things better, and be able to help children of any age. I also thought it was great how they got people from anywhere they would need to go to be under that same roof, for scared and traumatized children that were too scared to leave the house.

News Centers Give Shelter, Comfort in Trying Times. (Tampa, Fl)

Notes:

Mary Lee Farrior & Sara Romeo (the two women who made Tampa a safer place.)
with huge effort, and dedication they put together two institutions; at
MAry Lee's House, protection and advocacy for abused children.
Athena House, living center for homeless female veterans.

wihtout them; no institutions.
without community; no time, money, resources;

Athena House: home of 16 female veterans, largest in Southeast. Shelter, former Ybor City boarding house, served male soldiers from WW2.

Romeo; instrumental in saving historic structure from the wrecking ball when stood in way of Interstate 4 wideneing project. - building was put up for bids, Tapa Crossroads won. Everything id newly renovated and furnished home donated.

woman that live there= roof over heads, access to help veteran-related issues; post-traumatic stress.

WEst Tampa; Mary Lee's HOuse operated as state-of-the are center for children that have suffered abuse. $6 million, 30,000-square-foot center, house all agenencies who work to rescue kids form abuse situations.

MAry Lee's House- gather agencies that deal with ^^^ under 1 roof: law enforcement, state attorney's and public defender's offices, Fl Dept. of Children & Families, USF DEpt. of Pediactrics and communtiy mental health organizations.

This was done, to prevent children having to to all these scary places, instead going to "cheerful" Mary Lee's House: everything designed for kids, right down to tiny interview charis and medical exam rooms.

goal: bring all groups togeher-promote collaboration benefit children.

Mary Lee Farrior- son Rex Farrior III- executive directer Peg Reese- traveld Fl studied children's advocacy centers across US to make sure Mary Lee's House designed to use best practices in working w/ traumatized children.

"The news these days is rarely happy," homeless veterans, abused children. 2 developments offer hope to show "even the worst of times can bring out the best in people."

brittany's response

Good job kianna, the green is kind of hard to stare at haha. It is a hard topic to research but it is also really important And yeah I too wonder why people would hurt their kids or a stranger hurt someone but no one will ever really know why. The most people can do is find theories and ask questions about why they abuse their child. But sense we all have different minds and different ways of doing things no one will get the same answer twice.

Jakes response

Your blogged looked nice. Child abuse is a horrible thing. However, people need to learn about it an be educated about it so something can be done about it. You picked a good topic. Why did you pick this topic?

Matt's response

I thought your blog was pretty good and the font and font color was easy to read. You should be able to find a lot of information because there are always children being abused. I think also that it would be hard to look at or to read about all the children being abused.

Ashley's Response

Hello Kiannaaa! I think that your topic would be a very interesting one to research. I think it would be cool for you to interview someone who has seen child abuse or someone who was abused and would be willing to share there experience with you. That may be hard to do or hard to find someone who would do that, but it would be interesting to see what they had to say about the situation and why they think they are being abused. I'm sure there are many websites to research it on but I do not know of any really good ones. There may be some where they put reports online about certain cases that there have been. I have seen that before, not necessarily on child abuse, but there are about other things. That may be interesting for people. I also like your background and the pictures. Its soo prettty! Well I think you are doing a great job and you hope you will be lucky in finding your research.

Hilary's Response

Your blog on child abuse was really good and it seemed like you have a great interest in researching this topic. I always wonder the same thing about why people abuse children and unlike you, I have seen it happen before. It is scary and something I wish I had never seen. But as I was reading through your blog I noticed a couple mistakes in paragraph two or three. Other than that your blog was really good. I don't recommend any websites or anything like that because I am sure you can find something on child abuse very easily.

Jessica's response

I think that you chose a good topic, you seem very interested in learning more. I researched child abuse for my I-search last year, and i found out a lot. There were a lot of different web sites on it. It's really sad how current child abuse is! By you researching child abuse, you will find that a lot of it has to do with anger issues, and maybe even the abusers past. Child abuse doesn't seem so bad; just because you don't see it on t.v. all the time; but in reality a lot of it isn't being reported. I hope you find all the research you need for this topic! Also, you did very good with your spelling, I don't think you made any errors! (:

5 Paragraph Essay

For starters, I decided to do my I Search on Child Abuse. I chose this topic because it interested me. Not that children being abused is exciting to me, by any means. It's just that when I hear about kids getting abused by their parents or guardians, or even a stranger, it shocks me. I guess the reason I chose this topic was so maybe I could see why parents would do that do their own children, or anybody would abuse such an Innocent child.


Unfortunately, child abuse is a very current topic. There are articles beyond articles on different children from everywhere getting abused. In Proquest, when I did research last week, there were pages of child abuse in the past two days. And in google news, as I just looked, there were tons of pages. There is just always something coming up about child abuse. I think this topic is so current because so many people have children at such young ages, and sadly, a lot of them do drugs. I believe that drugs or alcohol, being high or drunk, could have a big part child abuse, as well as anger issues. I really don't know why people abuse children, I have never been in the situation myself or seen it.


As I researched last week, I found that there were pages of different articles, in just two days. And as I just looked in google news, once again were pages and pages of links and articles that show how much young people are being abused by sometimes their own parents, and sometimes just by strangers.


I think that Child Abuse is suitability for ongoing research because it seems like it's always happening. Maybe not too too much on the television news, and maybe not so much here, as much other places, but there is always some issue with child abuse.


Giving that I chose child abuse for my topic, I don't think it should it be too challenging, because there are a lot of places where I could go to find articles from the day before, and sometimes even that same day you are researching it. But then again, it could also be very challenging because of all the information, it may end up being overwhelming.