LIFE SKILLS & VALUE EDUCATION – CLASS-X – UNIT –2 Child Abuse

• What Is Abuse?

• Abuse is when someone hurts or causes emotional stress to someone else. Abuse can affect anyone. It can happen in any kind of relationship, like a friendship, romantic relationship, or among family members. Abuse can happen in many ways. Hate crimes directed at people because of their race, religion, abilities, gender, or sexual orientation are also abuse.

What Are the Types of Abuse?

• Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse are some of the most known types of abuse.

• Physical abuse is when someone hurts another person’s body. It includes hitting, shaking, burning, pinching, biting, choking, throwing, beating, and other actions that cause physical injury, leave marks, or cause pain.

• Sexual abuse includes any type of unwanted contact between an adult and anyone younger, or between a significantly older child and a younger child. It’s also sexual abuse at any age if one person overpowers another.
• Emotional abuse happens when yelling and anger go too far or when important adults constantly criticize, threaten, or talk down to kids or teens until their self-esteem is damaged and they feel really bad about themselves.

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