Child Abuse “It shouldn’t hurt to be a child.” At least it shouldn’t in a perfect world. However, that is not where we live. Child Abuse is defined as a deliberate attempt to inflict harm to a child for which there is no “reasonable” explanation. There are essentially three types of abuse: physical, emotional, and sexual. The most prevalent being physical abuse. The United States reports over 3 million cases of physical child abuse …showed first 75 words of 1111 total…

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