Child Abuse-

it is any action (or inaction) of parents, other legal representatives, caregivers and other persons that leads (or is highly likely to lead) to death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual violence.

Violence - any form of relationship aimed at establishing or maintaining control by force over another person.


From the history

References to cruelty to children in various literary sources are found up to the 2nd century. AD

  • children were killed for ritual purposes: it was believed that a murdered child can help infertile women cope with diseases, ensure health and youth;
  • they were buried under the foundation of the building to make it stronger;
  • children were bought and sold.

Scientific research has established that:

  • violence in one form or another occurs in every fourth Russian family;
  • about 2 million children under the age of 14 are beaten by their parents every year;
  • for 10% of these children, the outcome is death, and for 2 thousand, suicide;
  • more than 50 thousand children leave home during the year, fleeing their own parents, and 25 thousand minors are on the wanted list.

  • in 2008, 1,914 children died from child abuse, 2,330 children were maimed (according to the Federation Council);
  • about 10 thousand parents are deprived of parental rights by courts and more than 2.5 thousand children are taken away from their parents without such deprivation, since the presence of a child in a family poses a threat to his life and health.


Psychologist D. Gill has divided child victims of abuse into several age groups:

the first - from 1 to 2 years;

the second - from 3 to 9 years (the number of cases doubles);

the third - from 9 to 15 years (the frequency decreases again until the initial level is reached, and after 16 years it gradually disappears completely).


Types of violence against children in the family

  • physical violence;
  • neglect of the needs and requirements of the child;
  • sexual assault;
  • psychological emotional abuse.

Neglecting the needs of the child

Neglecting a child's basic needs is

inattention to the basic needs of the child in food, clothing, medical care. Neglect includes a number of manifestations such as neglect of the needs for education and development, medical care in the presence of a child with chronic diseases.


Most often, the basic needs of children are neglected by parents or their substitutes:

Alcoholics, drug addicts;

Persons with mental disorders;

Young parents with no parenting experience or skills;

Parents with a low socio-economic standard of living;

Parents with chronic diseases, disabilities, mental retardation; survivors of childhood abuse; socially isolated.


The consequences of neglect

External manifestations :

  • tired sleepy look, pale face, swollen eyelids;
  • in infants, dehydration, diaper rash, rash;
  • clothes are sloppy, not appropriate for the season and size of the child;
  • uncleanliness, stale smell.

Physical signs:

  • lag in weight and height from peers;
  • head lice, scabies;
  • frequent "accidents", purulent and chronic infectious diseases;
  • advanced caries;
  • lack of proper vaccinations;
  • delayed speech and mental development.

Behavior features:

  • constant hunger and thirst: can steal food, rummage in garbage, etc.;
  • inability to play;
  • constant search for attention / participation;
  • frequent absences from school;
  • extremes of behavior: infantile or takes the role of an adult and behaves in a "pseudo-adult" manner; aggressive or withdrawn, apathetic; hyperactive or depressed; indistinctly friendly or unwilling and unable to communicate;
  • tendency to arson, cruelty to animals;

Psychological (emotional) abuse

Emotional (psychological) violence includes constant rejection, accusation against the child, humiliation of his dignity, long-term deprivation of the child of love, tenderness, care and safety on the part of the parents.


Psychological abuse includes:

  • threats against the child, manifested in verbal form without the use of physical force;
  • insult and humiliation of his dignity;
  • open rejection and constant criticism;
  • depriving the child of the necessary stimulation, ignoring his basic needs in a safe environment, parental love;
  • making excessive demands on the child that do not correspond to his age or capabilities;
  • a single gross mental impact that caused mental trauma in the child;
  • deliberate isolation of the child, deprivation of his social contacts;
  • involvement of the child or encouragement to antisocial or destructive behavior (alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.).

Features of children exposed to emotional (psychological) abuse:

  • impaired mental function;
  • inability to concentrate, poor academic performance;
  • low self-esteem;
  • emotional disturbances in the form of aggression, anger (often directed against oneself), depression;
  • excessive need for attention;
  • depression, suicide attempts;
  • inability to communicate with peers (ingratiating behavior, excessive compliance or aggressiveness);
  • lying, theft, deviant (or "deviant", antisocial) behavior;
  • neuropsychiatric and psychosomatic diseases: neuroses, enuresis, tics, sleep disorders, appetite disorders, obesity, skin diseases, asthma, etc.).

Children at risk for emotional abuse

  • children from unwanted pregnancy, similar to the unloved relatives of the wife or husband;
  • young children;
  • children with disabilities, children with hereditary diseases or other characteristics;
  • children from families with an oppressive, authoritarian, controlling style of upbringing and relationships;
  • children from families where domestic violence is a lifestyle;
  • children whose parents (or one of the parents) use alcohol, drugs, suffer from depression;
  • children with many socio-economic and psychological problems in their families.

Features of the behavior of adults who commit emotional abuse

  • do not comfort the child when he needs it;
  • publicly insult, scold, humiliate, ridicule the child;
  • they are compared with other children not in his favor, they are constantly super critical of him;
  • blame him for all their failures, make a "scapegoat" out of the child, etc.

Sexual abuse of children

American researchers define child sexual abuse as any sexual experience between a child under 16 (according to some sources - under 18) and a person who is at least 5 years older than him. This type of violence is characterized either as the involvement of addicted, mentally and physiologically immature children and adolescents in sexual acts that violate the social taboos of family roles, which they cannot yet fully understand and for which they are not able to give meaningful consent. Sexual abuse is considered an option especially cruel treatment of children.


Sexual abuse most often occurs in families where :

  • patriarchal authoritarian order;
  • poor relationship between the child and the parents, especially with the mother;
  • conflicting relationships between parents;
  • the child's mother is overly busy at work;
  • the child lived for a long time without his own father;
  • instead of a natural father - a stepfather or mother's roommate;
  • the mother has a chronic illness or disability and remains in the hospital for a long time;
  • the mother was sexually abused in childhood, etc.

Physical violence

Physical abuse is the deliberate injury and / or injury to a child that causes serious (requiring medical attention) physical and mental health problems, developmental delays.


This occurs most often in families where:

  • convinced that physical punishment is the method of choice for raising children;
  • parents (or one of them) are alcoholics, drug addicts, substance abusers;
  • the parents (or one of them) have mental illness;
  • the emotional and psychological climate is disturbed (frequent quarrels, scandals, lack of respect for each other);
  • parents are under stress due to the death of loved ones, illness, loss of work, economic crisis, etc .;
  • parents make excessive demands on children that are inappropriate for their age and level of development;
  • children have features: a history of prematurity, the presence of somatic or mental illnesses; they are hyperactive, restless.

Physical abuse manifests itself as:

  • blows to the face;
  • shaking, tremors;
  • cracks,
  • strangulation,
  • kicks;
  • confinement in a locked room where they are held by force;
  • beating with a belt, ropes;
  • mutilation with heavy objects, even with a knife.


Recognizing the fact of physical abuse of a child

Damage nature:

  • bruises, abrasions, wounds, traces of belt blows, bites, burning with hot objects, cigarettes, located on the face, body, limbs;
  • burns with hot liquids to hands and feet in the form of a glove or sock (from immersion in hot water), as well as on the buttocks;
  • injuries and fractures of bones, swelling and soreness of the joints;
  • knocked out and loose teeth, tears or cuts in the mouth, on the lips;
  • areas of baldness, bruising on the head;
  • damage to internal organs.

Features of the mental state and behavior of the child, allowing suspicion of physical abuse, depending on the age of the child.

Age 3 years - 6 years:

  • reconciliation with what happened, lack of resistance;
  • passive reaction to pain;
  • a painful attitude towards comments, criticism;
  • ingratiating behavior, excessive compliance;
  • pseudo-adult behavior (outwardly copies the behavior of adults);
  • negativism, aggressiveness;
  • deceit, theft;
  • cruelty towards animals;

Junior school age:

  • the desire to hide the cause of damage and injury;
  • loneliness, lack of friends;
  • fear of going home after school;

Teenage years:

  • escape from home;
  • suicidal attempts;
  • delinquent behavior;
  • the use of alcohol, drugs.

The main features of the behavior of parents or guardians when they beat children are:

  • conflicting, confused explanations for the causes of injury in children;
  • accusation of injuries to the child himself;
  • late appeal or not seeking medical help;
  • lack of emotional support and affection in dealing with the child;
  • unprovoked aggression towards personnel;
  • more attention to their own problems than to the child's injuries.

The consequences of child abuse in the family

  • going to religious sects;
  • uniting into informal groups with a criminal and fascist orientation;
  • aggressive, criminal behavior of children;
  • children who run away from home die of hunger and cold, become victims of other children who also escaped from domestic violence, etc.

Criminal Code of the Russian Federation


Protection of the rights of the child in legislative acts

Family Code of the Russian Federation guarantees:

the child's right to respect for his human dignity (Article 54)

the child's right to protection and the duties of the guardianship and guardianship authority to take measures to protect the child (Article 56)

deprivation of parental rights as a measure to protect children from abuse in the family (Article 69)

immediate removal of the child with an immediate threat to life and health (Article 77)


Protection of the rights of the child in legislative acts

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child defines the concept of "ill-treatment" and defines the measures of protection (Article 19), and also establishes:

ensuring as much as possible healthy development of the individual (Article 6)

protection from arbitrary or unlawful interference with the privacy of a child, from encroachments on his honor and reputation (Article 16)

ensuring measures to combat disease and malnutrition (Article 24)

recognition of the right of every child to a standard of living necessary for physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development (Article 27)

protection of a child from sexual assault (Article 34)

protecting a child from other forms of abuse (Article 37)

measures to help a child who is a victim of abuse (Article 39)


Stages of solving the problem in Russia

  • 2010 in Russia has been declared the year of a nationwide information campaign to combat child abuse.
  • May 25, 2010 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev supported the movement "Russia - without cruelty to children!" and became its first participant.
  • In August-September, a single all-Russian helpline was created in Russia for children who have been subjected to cruel treatment.
  • The website www.ya-roditel.ru is already functioning

Children are the main gift for the world, with them the earthly picture is more wonderful. They understand everything, take on everything The best human life with them Often their hands are weak, clumsy, But the guys have no time to think about boredom. In their movements, worries, their time passes, Good luck comes to the diligent over the years. In childhood, dreams bloom, Adults often do not know about it. It is necessary to explain to the kids the rights, Much needs to be taught them. The world will be a better place on our planet if all children are happy!

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is one of

the most acute and widespread social problems.

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FORCED ACTION

are committed specifically and aimed at achieving a specific goal;

harm (physical, moral, material) to another person;

the rights and freedoms of this person are violated;

make it impossible for victims to effectively defend themselves against violence (the perpetrator has advantages in most cases)

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Scientific research has established that:

violence in one form or another occurs in every fourth Ukrainian family;

about 2 million children under the age of 14 are beaten by their parents every year;

for 10% of these children, the outcome is death, and for 2 thousand, suicide;

more than 50 thousand children leave home during the year, fleeing their own parents, and 25 thousand minors are on the wanted list.

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in 2008, 1,914 children died from child abuse, 2,330 children were maimed;

about 10 thousand parents are deprived of parental rights by courts and more than 2.5 thousand children are taken away from their parents without such deprivation, since the presence of a child in a family poses a threat to his life and health.

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In 80% of cases, children end up in orphanages and orphanages because parents fail to fulfill their direct parenting responsibilities, which creates a real threat to their life and health.

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The main cause of child abuse is internal aggression

an emotional state that arises as a reaction to the experience of the insurmountability of some barriers or the inaccessibility of something desired.

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Types of violence against children in the family

physical violence;

neglect;

psychological abuse;

sexual abuse.

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PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

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    Physical violence

    Physical abuse is the deliberate injury and / or injury to a child that causes serious (requiring medical attention) physical and mental health problems, developmental delays.

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    PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

    And also the involvement of the child in the use of alcohol, drugs, toxic substances. Physical abuse of a child can be committed by parents, their substitutes, or other adults.

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    This occurs most often in families where:

    convinced that physical punishment is the method of choice for raising children;

    the emotional and psychological climate is disturbed (frequent quarrels, scandals, lack of respect for each other);

    parents are under stress due to the death of loved ones, illness, loss of work, economic crisis, etc .;

    parents make excessive demands on children that are inappropriate for their age and level of development;

    children have features: a history of prematurity, the presence of somatic or mental illnesses; they are hyperactive, restless.

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    Physical abuse manifests itself as:

    blows to the face;

    shaking, tremors;

    cracks,

    strangulation,

    confinement in a locked room where they are held by force;

    beating with a belt, ropes;

    mutilation with heavy objects, even with a knife.

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    PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE

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    PSYCHOLOGICAL (EMOTIONAL) VIOLENCE

    Constant or periodic verbal abuse of the child, threat from parents, guardians, teachers, humiliation of his human dignity, accusation of what he is not guilty of, demonstration of dislike, hatred of the child, constant lies, deception of the child.

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    Psychological abuse includes:

    threats against the child, manifested in verbal form without the use of physical force;

    insult and humiliation of his dignity;

    open rejection and constant criticism;

    depriving the child of the necessary stimulation, ignoring his basic needs in a safe environment, parental love;

    making excessive demands on the child that do not correspond to his age or capabilities;

    a single gross mental impact that caused mental trauma in the child;

    deliberate isolation of the child, deprivation of his social contacts;

    involvement of the child or encouragement to antisocial or destructive behavior (alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.).

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    FEATURES OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO

    PSYCHOLOGICAL (EMOTIONAL)

    impaired mental function;

    inability to concentrate, poor academic performance;

    low self-esteem;

    emotional disturbances in the form of aggression, anger (often directed against oneself), depression;

    excessive need for attention;

    depression, suicide attempts;

    inability to communicate with peers (ingratiating behavior, excessive compliance or aggressiveness);

    lying, theft, deviant (or "deviant", antisocial) behavior;

    neuropsychiatric and psychosomatic diseases: neuroses, enuresis, tics, sleep disorders, appetite disorders, obesity, skin diseases, asthma, etc.).

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    Features of behavior of adults committing emotional abuse:

    do not comfort the child when he needs it;

    publicly insult, scold, humiliate, ridicule the child;

    they are compared with other children not in his favor, they are constantly super critical of him;

    blame him for all their failures, make a "scapegoat" out of the child, etc.

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    Neglect

    Neglect of the basic needs of a child (moral cruelty) is a lack of basic care on the part of parents or their substitutes, as well as unfair fulfillment of responsibilities for raising a child, as a result of which his health and development are violated.

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    Most often, the basic needs of children are neglected by parents or their substitutes:

    alcoholics, drug addicts;

    persons with mental disorders;

    young parents with no parenting experience and skills;

    with a low socio-economic standard of living;

    having chronic diseases, disabilities, mental retardation;

    survivors of childhood abuse;

    socially isolated.

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    The consequences of child abuse in the family

    going to religious sects;

    uniting into informal groups with a criminal and fascist orientation;

    aggressive, criminal behavior of children;

    children who run away from home die of hunger and cold, become victims of other children who also escaped from domestic violence, etc.

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    SEXUAL VIOLENCE

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    Sexual abuse (seduction) is the use of a child by an adult or another child to satisfy a sexual need or gain self-interest, to involve a child in prostitution, pornography.

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    Sexual abuse most often occurs in families where:

    poor relationship between the child and the parents, especially with the mother;

    conflicting relationships between parents;

    the child's mother is overly busy at work;

    the child lived for a long time without his own father;

    instead of a natural father - a stepfather or mother's roommate;

    the mother has a chronic illness or disability and remains in the hospital for a long time;

    parents (or one of them) are alcoholics, drug addicts, substance abusers;

    the parents (or one of them) have mental illness;

    the mother was sexually abused in childhood, etc.

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    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

    This is a cycle that repeats with increasing frequency: physical, verbal, spiritual and economic abuse in order to control, intimidate, instill a sense of fear.

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    Economic violence:

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    How is violence manifested?

    Intimidation and threats - instilling fear by shouting, gestures, facial expressions; threats of physical punishment by the police, special school, or God; manifestation of violence against animals; threats to abandon the child or take him away, deprive him of money, etc.

    2. Isolation - constant control over what a woman or child is doing, with whom they are friends, meet, talk; a ban on communicating with loved ones, attending entertainment events, etc.

    3. Physical punishment - beating, slaps, torture, hair pulling, pinching, etc.

    4. Emotional (mental) violence - not only intimidation, threats, isolation, but also humiliation of self-esteem and honor, verbal abuse, rudeness; instilling the idea that a child is the worst, and a woman is a bad mother or wife, humiliation in the presence of other people; constant criticism of a child or woman, etc.

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    Where to go for help?

    Department of Family and Youth Affairs. Address: Lenin Ave. 70. tel. 54-17-92

    Service for Children of Ilyichevsk Regional Administration. Address: 193 Metallurgov Ave. tel .: 47-30-53

    Internal Affairs Bodies. Tel 102

    Social service centers for families, children and youth.

    Mariupol city center of social services for families, children and youth. Address: blvd. Khmelnitsky, 24-A Tel .: 33-52-25

    Illichivsk regional center of social services for families, children and youth. Address: st. Karpinsky, 56. Tel .: 47-31-03

    Primorsky regional center of social services for families, children and youth. Address: st. Builders, 85-A. Tel .: 54-37-83.

    The one who will be abandoned by happiness Who was badly raised as a child The green shoot is easy to straighten One fire will fix a dry branch. Saadi

    domestic violence

    Verbiy E. Yu., English teacher

    Demkina V.V., teacher of mathematics

    MKOU "Krepinskaya secondary school" Kalachevsky district

    Volgograd region

    Types of violence

    1. Physical

    2. Emotional

    What do you say to the child, what do you say to the child,

    • when he didn't clean the room again?
    • when did he skip school?
    • when did he come home again at an unspecified hour?

    Situations

    1. "How many times to repeat: immediately clean up the mess in your room!"

    • 1. "How many times to repeat: immediately clean up the mess in your room!"
    • 2. "You skip class and want to remain ignorant!"
    • 3. “You never come on time! Next time you will spend the night under the door! "
    1. “I feel embarrassed when guests see an unmade bed. She looks much better under the covers. " 2. “The class teacher called today about your attendance. I was very ashamed during the conversation, and I would like to avoid these experiences. Everyone is responsible for their own actions, and if you need help, we can talk about it. " 3. “When someone comes to the family later than we agreed, I am so worried that I do not find a place for myself. I want to see you at home by ten o'clock in the evening, and in special cases we can agree separately. Then I will feel calm. " 1) Praise 1) Praise 2) Hug, caress, smile 3) Gift, reward 4) Go somewhere together 5) Play your favorite game 6) Allow to do something, do what you love 7) Fulfill desires, give sweets 8 ) Approval of the deed

    Incentives

    1) Deprivation of something (moral or material) 1) Deprivation of something (moral or material) 2) Put in a corner, house arrest 3) Scold, shame 4) Silence, i.e. boycott 5) Force to do something 6) Physical punishment (slap, intentional pain) 7) Scolding 8) Comparison with other children 9) Complaining to dad

    Punishments

    1) Respect for children 1) Respect for children 2) Consistency 3) Taking into account age and individual characteristics, level of upbringing 4) Fairness: it is impossible to punish in the heat of the moment 5) Correspondence between a negative act and punishment 6) Firmness, if the punishment is announced, then it should not abolish 7) The collective nature of the punishment - the whole family is involved.

    to consider when punishing

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    2) Don't give your child unfulfilled promises.

    3) Do not impose any conditions on your child.

    4) Be tactful in the manifestation of measures of influence on the child.

    5) Do not punish the child for what you allow yourself to do.

    6) Do not change your requirements in relation to the child for the sake of something.

    7) Don't blackmail your child with your relationships with each other.

    9) Do not make your relationship with your own child dependent on his educational success.

    Memo for parents

    Parents who want to have children should not only ask themselves the question: what kind of child do I want to raise, but also what old age do I want to have and will I have one at all?

    Children - in every sense - our future.

    If we do not want to have a cruel future, we must confront cruelty and violence in the present.

    You can ask all your questions to specialists on the website WWW.YA-RODITEL.RU

    Memo for parents

    "Countering Child Abuse"

    Before applying physical punishment to a child,

    STOP!

    "I love you, we are close, we are together, and we will overcome everything."

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    Children are the same, or rather, equal. They are equal and the same - before the good and the bad. At first, children are like blotting paper: they absorb everything that is written correctly or ugly by their parents. Albert Likhanov

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    Violence is compulsion, bondage, an act of shyness, offensive, illegal, willful. Domestic violence is understood as the systematic aggressive and hostile actions against family members, as a result of which the object of violence can be harmed, traumatized, humiliated or sometimes even dead. Violence also occurs among adolescents.

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    The following types of violence are distinguished against children: neglect of the basic interests and needs of the child; 2) physical abuse; 3) psychological (emotional) violence; 4) sexual abuse and molestation; 5) economic

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    Insufficient provision of necessary medical care when he is ill. Insufficient satisfaction of his need for food, physical and psychological safety, love, knowledge. - Intentional harm to a child. - Lack of proper provision of guardianship and supervision. - Exposure to emotionally traumatic factors associated with family conflicts. - Operation by back-breaking labor. - Alcoholism of parents, drug use. Disregard for the basic interests and needs of the child

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    Psychological abuse: insults; blackmail, acts of violence against children or other persons to establish control over a partner; threats of violence against yourself, the victim or others; intimidation through violence against pets or destruction of property; the pursuit; control over the activities of the victim; control over the victim's social circle; control over the victim's access to various resources; emotional abuse; forcing the victim to perform degrading actions; control over the victim's daily routine, etc.

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    Psychological abuse is the most widespread, it is present in almost all families. The result of this type of violence can be exacerbation of chronic diseases, post-traumatic stress, depression, a constant feeling of fear, and suicide attempts. Experts believe that the psychological consequences of domestic violence are much more serious than worrying about aggression from the outside, for example, a bully attack on the street.

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    Economic violence: refusing to support children, hiding income, spending family money, making most of the financial decisions on their own - this can be manifested, for example, when the needs of children or wife are not taken into account when buying food, and as a result, children may not receive what they need. age food; the wife, when making purchases, must report by checks, etc.

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    Sexual is the involvement of a child, with and without his consent, into sexual activities with adults. The child's consent to sexual contact does not give reason to consider it non-violent, since the child does not have free will and cannot foresee all the negative consequences for himself. Sometimes sexual assault is considered a form of physical assault. Incest is a sexual relationship between blood relatives.

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    Physical - this is deliberate harm to health, causing physical pain, imprisonment, housing, food, clothing and other normal living conditions, as well as the avoidance of parents from taking care of the care, health and safety of children.

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    How is violence manifested? 1. Intimidation and threats - instilling fear by shouting, gestures, facial expressions; threats of physical punishment by the police, special school, or God; manifestation of violence against animals; threats to abandon the child or take him away, deprive him of money, etc. 2. Isolation - constant control over what a woman or child is doing, with whom they are friends, meet, talk; a ban on communicating with loved ones, attending entertainment events, etc. 3. Physical punishment - beating, slaps, torture, hair pulling, pinching, etc. 4. Emotional (mental) violence - not only intimidation, threats, isolation, but also humiliation of self-esteem and honor, verbal abuse, rudeness; instilling the idea that a child is the worst, and a woman is a bad mother or wife, humiliation in the presence of other people; constant criticism of a child or woman, etc.


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