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Child Abuse

All forms of abuse hurt!
Children need to be loved. They have a right to live a life free from fear, pain and abuse.
Those who have been abused may experience:

Many of these feelings can continue into adulthood and may cause long term emotional problems and difficulty in forming trusting relationships.

There are several forms of child abuse:

Physical abuse
Emotional abuse and Neglect
Sexual Abuse

 

This little child
Who cried the tears
Of a child abused

It tore my soul
To hear this child
Who spoke the words
Of a child abused

How God must want
To help this child
Whose life is the hurt
Of a child abused