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I have chosen to create my own charity campaign against child abuse.

Information about Child abuse/other Child abuse Charities.

What is child abuse?

Child abuse is the term used when an adult harms a child or a young person under the age of 18.
A child may be experiencing abuse if he or she is:

• frequently dirty,
• hungry or inadequately dressed left in unsafe situations or without medical attentionconstantly "put down",
• insulted, sworn at or humiliated seems afraid of parents or carers
• severely bruised or injured displays
• sexual behaviour which doesn't seem appropriate for their age
• growing up in a home where there is domestic violence living with parents or carers
• involved in serious drug or alcohol abuse

Abuse is always wrong and it is never the young person's fault.

Sexual abuse

Sexual abuse is when a child or young person is pressurised, forced or tricked into taking part in any kind of sexual activity with an adult or young person. This can include kissing, touching the young person's genitals or breasts, intercourse or oral sex. Encouraging a child to look at pornographic magazines, videos or sexual acts is also sexual abuse.

Physical abuse

Physical abuse includes hitting, shaking, kicking, punching, scalding, suffocating and other ways of inflicting pain or injury to a child. It also includes giving a child harmful substances, such as drugs, alcohol or poison. If a parent or carer reports non-existent symptoms of illness in a child, or deliberately causes illness in a child, this is also a form of physical abuse.

Bullying

Bullying is persistent unwelcome behaviour, mostly using unwarranted or invalid criticism, nit-picking, fault-finding, also exclusion, isolation, being singled out and treated differently, being shouted at, humiliated, excessive monitoring, having verbal and written warnings imposed, and much more.

Neglect

Neglect is the persistent lack of appropriate care of children, including love, stimulation, safety, nourishment, warmth, education and medical attention. It can have a serious effect on a child's physical, mental and emotional development. For babies and very young children, it can be life-threatening.

Domestic violence

Domestic violence can affect anyone. It usually happens between two people who are in a relationship now or have been in the past. It is usually men being abusive to women, and sometimes there are other family members involved. But men can experience it too, and it can also happen in same-sex relationships. Domestic violence can include physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

Emotional abuse

Emotional abuse is when a parent or carer behaves in a way that is likely to seriously affect their child's emotional development. It can range from constant rejection and denial of affection, through to continual severe criticism, deliberate humiliation and other ways of verbally "terrorising" a child.