child abuse

CHILD ABUSE

Children have a right to be loved and they deserve a happy, carefree childhood. They are dependent upon their parents or caregivers for their emotional and physical well-being and they were never asked to be born into this world. When a child is born, he/she is a gift from God, a wonderful miracle! It is everyones duty to insure that Gods most precious gift is loved, nourished, and protected from harm.

*The Rights of the Child

The right to be wanted

The right to be born healthy

The right to live in a healthy environment

The right to satisfaction of basic needs

The right to continuous loving care

The right to acquire the intellectual and emotional skills neccessary to achieve individual asperations and to cope effectively in our society

The right to receive care and treatment through ťťfacilities which are appropriate to their needs and which keep them as closely as possible within their normal social setting

**A child has a moral right and should have a legal right:

1. To receive parental love and affection, discipline, and guidance, and to grow to maturity in a home environment which enables him to develop into a mature and responsible adult

2. To be supported, maintained, and educated to the best of parental ability, in return for which he has the moral duty to honor his father and mother

3. To be regarded as a person, within the family, at school,and before the law.

4. To receive fair treatment from all in authority.

5. To be heard and listened to.

6. To earn and keep his own earnings.

7. To seek and obtain medical care and treatment and counseling

8. To emancipation from the parent-child relationship when that relationship has broken down and the child has left home due to abuse, neglect, serious family conflict, or other sufficient cause, and his best interest would be served by the termination of parental authority.

9. To be free of legal disabilities or incapacities save where such are convincingly shown to be neccessary and protective of the actual best interests of the child.

10. To receive special care, consideration, and protection inthe administration fo law or justice so that his best intersts always are a paramount factor.

If you have a problem dealing with stress or anger, please get help. Don't take it out on your child. If you know someone who is abusing a child, you owe it to them to get help for them. If you are being abused tell someone you can trust. A teacher, friend, someone who you feel can help you.