Help End Child Abuse
By vermilion
@vermilion (11)
United States
January 1, 2007 6:03pm CST
I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to help children who are suffering abuse and/or how to help the parents stop. My heart absolutely breaks for these kids, but outside of physically going in and taking the child away from an abusive home (which would put me in jail faster and longer than the abuser) what else can be done. The "system" is simply overrun and just plain doesn't work...anyone have any out-of-the-box ideas on this one??
2 responses
@drmt57 (295)
• United States
4 Jan 07
The most effective way to help a child who suffer from abuse is to remove the cause from that child life. This may result in the child being placed in foster care or family members who will love, protect and provide them whith the necessary tools to develope and become a productive citizen. Meantime the abuser should also be in some type of program because they are sick and need help.
@vermilion (11)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I would agree with that, but I've tt foster parents who say that the counseling for parents usually doesn't do much good...they usually end up going right back to their old habits.
I think that the kids should get some counseling as well. I know some people who think an abused child that "acts out" is just being a brat and that it is somehow the kids fault. They can't seem to figure out that the child is tortured inside from the way they've been treated. It's such a vicious cycle.
I just wish more people would look farther than the end of their own noses and see what is going on around them and then take the initiative to help...even if they don't quite know what to do.
