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We went to Vivien's and managed to complete some research on our topic : " Abused Children with emotional scars. "
Below is what we've managed to complete on (research) :

There are four primary types of child abuse:
- physical abuse
- sexual abuse
- emotional abuse
- neglection

Each year, tens of thousands of children are traumatized by physical, sexual and emotional abusers or by caregivers who neglect them, making child abuse as common as it is shocking. The scars can be deep and long-lasting, affecting not just abused children but society.

Child Neglect
Physical Neglect
Failure to provide adequate food, clothing, or hygiene
Reckless disregard for the child’s safety, such as inattention to hazards in the home, drunk driving with kids in the car, leaving a baby unattended
Refusal to provide or delay in providing necessary health care for the child
Abandoning children without providing for their care or expelling children from the home without arranging for their care
Educational Neglect
Failure to enroll a child in school
Permitting or causing a child to miss too many days of school
Refusal to follow up on obtaining services for a child’s special educational needs
Emotional Neglect
· Inadequate nurturing or affection
· Exposure of the child to spousal abuse
· Permitting a child to drink alcohol or use recreational drugs
· Failure to intervene when the child demonstrates antisocial behavior
· Refusal of or delay in providing necessary psychological care


Emotional child abuse
Verbal abuse
· Belittling or shaming the child: name-calling, making negative comparisons to others, telling the child he or she is “no good," "worthless," "a mistake."
· Habitual blaming: telling the child that everything is his or her fault.
Withholding affection
· Ignoring or disregarding the child
· Lack of affection and warmth: Failure to hug, praise, express love for the child

Extreme punishment
These are actions that are meant to isolate and terrorize a child, such as tying the child to a fixture or piece of furniture or locking a child in a closet or dark room.
Corruption
This involves causing a child to witness or participate in inappropriate behavior, such as criminal activities, drug or alcohol abuse, or acts of violence.
Emotional abuse can come not only from adults but from other children: siblings, neighborhood or school bullies, and peers in schools. The signs of emotional child abuse include apathy, depression, and hostility. If it happens at school, the child may be reluctant to go to school.
Causes of child abuse
Stress, including the stress of caring for children, or the stress of caring for a child with a disability, special needs, or difficult behaviors
Lack of nurturing qualities necessary for child care
Immaturity: a disproportionate number of parents who abuse their children are teenagers
Difficulty controlling anger
Personal history of being abused
Isolation from the family or community
Physical or mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety
Alcohol or drug abuse
Personal problems such as marital conflict, unemployment, or financial difficulties.
Emotional Effects of Child Abuse
Low self-esteem
Depression and anxiety
Aggressive behavior/anger issues
Relationship difficulties
Alienation and withdrawal
Personality disorders
Clinginess, neediness
Flashbacks and nightmares

Behavioral Effects of Child Abuse
Problems in school and work
Prostitution
Teen pregnancy
Suicide attempts
Criminal or antisocial behavior
Alcohol and drug abuse
Eating disorders
Spousal abuse
The emotional scars which have resulted from the acts of violence often never heal because they will show the following behaviours:
Extreme Fright.Some children will show extreme fright upon any contact. They will often cry and try to hide.
Emotional Blunting.They may sit or lie there motionless, don’t show any facial expressions and will not respond to the external world.

Aggression.The effects of harsh physical punishment on a child will lead to the development of serious violent and neglected behaviours.

Emotional Problems.Serious emotional illness may develop as a result of severe and persistent physical abuse. Self-destructive behaviour, suicidal attempts and self-mutilations are found to be significantly higher in abused children than in non-abused children.

Precocious.They will be unusually advanced or mature in development especially mental development, in initiating social contact with adults as a means of guarding and protecting themselves.

Personality Change.Their behaviour will change according to the inconsistent environment of their parents.

Ego Restrictions.Abused children may suffer restrictions of various ego functions. They will also not attempt any new tasks and will avoid antagonizing adults.

Declaration of Failure.The children will state that he/she can never do anything right after making an error or mistake.

Feeling of Worthlessness.The child will think of themselves as being worthless, a failure and unacceptable and disappointing to adults.

Rebellion.Children may quit school and become truant. Some maybe even leave home and become runaways and become incorrigible.

Defiance.They will defy parents or adults authority. They may be continuing going school but they will refuse to perform. Those who stay home, refusing to do any chores. While those who stay out late with groups of friends, of which their parents disapprove.

That's our research in summary. We've started on our model too. The sketches are almost complete too. We're, overall, on task. :D

- Xin Yi(10)

The playground could be a place for the abused children to relax and a place where they could vent their anger on. The playground could raise confidence and boost self-esteem. It could let the children feel loved too. And like any playground, they should have fun too and to forget their troubles and worries. Like how Jess gained his confidence in Terabithia, we hope the children would have confidence in themselves too.