Child Abuse

Child Abuse

We can ask ourselves the question over and over, "why are innocent children being abused?" We may never get a good enough answer. Children of all ages are defenseless no matter what way you look at the situation. Even at the ages 13 or 14, these children can't take on the strength of an older man or woman. Children all over the world are not just suffering from physical abuse, but more so from neglect.

Between the years 1997 and 2001, a national report showed 48% of abuse was neglect. (Ramirez) What is neglect? Let's start with the word abandon. A woman has a child and after birth she realizes she can not afford this baby. What is an easy way out of it? Give it away? Leave it at a fire station, like many have? Well many people have found this simple to do.

What about ignoring a child? Is it okay to not give a child the attention they need? Just to forget about them? Maybe even go so far as locking them up in a room. There was a case a few years back a child, Jovonie Ochoa, was locked up in a room, and was starved to death. (Martinez) If you ask anybody in the right mind if this is okay, their answer would be of course not, that is an awful way to treat a child! Although to some this type of actions are acceptable.

What I don't understand is how can these people go on with their life, knowing what they have done, and just forget what they have committed? I mean of course if they get caught they will serve time possible even the death penalty. I' am sure many who have served time realize they shouldn't have done what they did, but even then it's still too late. Because of their actions it has caused an innocent child to lose their life. I' am not so sure anybody really wants to understand.

Physical abuse, it's everywhere, and sometimes ends up in the death of an innocent child. Okay so I understand not all children are easy to handle, but there is a huge difference between spanking and beating a child. A few weeks ago here in San Antonio there was a case of horrible abuse. A mother of two children (14 month old Sariyah Garcia, and 4 month old Sebastian Lopez) was charged of capital murder. The two children were found in trash bags underneath their house. (Martinez) Now what are her reasons? Well let's start off by saying one of the babies was crying so she thought it was okay to beat the child to death so it would