Child abuse-

is any action (or inaction) of parents, other legal representatives caregivers and others that results (or is likely to result in) death, serious physical or emotional harm, or sexual abuse.

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 until the 2nd century BC. AD

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

Scientific research has established that:

  • violence in one form or another is committed in every fourth Russian family;
  • every year about 2 million children under the age of 14 are beaten by their parents;
  • for 10% of these children, the outcome is death, and for 2,000, suicide;
  • more than 50,000 children leave home during the year to escape their parents, and 25,000 minors are wanted.

  • in 2008, 1914 children died from child abuse, 2330 children were maimed (according to data from the Council of Federations);
  • about 10 thousand parents are deprived of parental rights by the 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 divided child victims of abuse into several age groups:

the first - from 1 year 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 completely disappears).


Types of child abuse in the family

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

Neglect of the child's needs

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 such manifestations as the neglect of the needs for education and development, medical care in the presence of a child with chronic diseases.


Most often, parents or persons replacing them neglect the basic needs of children:

Alcoholics, drug addicts;

Persons with mental disorders;

Young parents who do not have the experience and skills of parenthood;

Parents with a low socio-economic standard of living;

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


Consequences of neglect

External manifestations :

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

Physical signs:

  • lagging behind in weight and height from peers;
  • pediculosis, 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 through garbage, etc .;
  • inability to play;
  • constant search for attention/participation;
  • frequent school absences;
  • extremes of behavior: infantile or takes on the role of an adult and behaves in a "pseudo-adult" manner; aggressive or withdrawn, apathetic; hyperactive or depressed; indiscriminately friendly or unwilling and unable to communicate;
  • tendency to arson, cruelty to animals;

Psychological (emotional) violence

Emotional (psychological) abuse includes constant rejection, accusation against the child, humiliation of his dignity, prolonged deprivation of the child of love, tenderness, care and safety from 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 abilities;
  • a single rough mental impact that caused mental trauma in a child;
  • deliberate isolation of the child, deprivation of his social contacts;
  • involvement of a child or encouragement for antisocial or destructive behavior (alcoholism, drug addiction, etc.).

Features of children subjected to emotional (psychological) violence:

  • 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, stealing, deviant (or "deviant", asocial) behavior;
  • neuropsychiatric and psychosomatic diseases: neurosis, enuresis, tics, sleep disorders, appetite disorders, obesity, skin diseases, asthma, etc.).

Children at risk for emotional abuse

  • children from an unwanted pregnancy, similar to the unloved relatives of a wife or husband;
  • young children;
  • disabled children, children with hereditary diseases or other peculiarities;
  • children from families with a despotic, 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 in whose family there are many socio-economic and psychological problems.

Features of the behavior of adults who commit emotional abuse

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

Child sexual abuse

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


Sexual abuse most often occurs in families where :

  • patriarchal-authoritarian way of life;
  • poor relationship between the child and parents, especially with the mother;
  • conflict relations between parents;
  • the mother of the child is overly busy at work;
  • the child lived for a long time without a father;
  • instead of the natural father - the stepfather or the mother's cohabitant;
  • the mother has a chronic illness or disability and spends a long time in the hospital;
  • the mother was sexually abused as a child, etc.

Physical violence

Physical abuse is the intentional infliction of injuries and / or damage to a child that causes serious (requiring medical attention) physical and mental health disorders, developmental delays.


Most often this occurs in families where:

  • are convinced that physical punishment is the method of choice for raising children;
  • parents (or one of them) are alcoholics, drug addicts, substance abusers;
  • parents (or one of them) have mental illness;
  • disturbed emotional and psychological climate (frequent quarrels, scandals, lack of respect for each other);
  • parents are under stress due to the death of loved ones, illness, job loss, economic crisis, etc.;
  • parents make excessive demands on children that do not correspond to their age and level of development;
  • children have features: a history of prematurity, the presence of somatic or mental illness; they are hyperactive, restless.

Physical abuse manifests itself as:

  • blows to the face;
  • shaking, pushing;
  • 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.


Recognition of the fact of physical abuse of a child

Nature of damage:

  • bruises, abrasions, wounds, traces of blows with a belt, bites, cauterization with hot objects, cigarettes, located on the face, body, limbs;
  • burns with hot liquids of the hands and feet in the form of a glove or sock (from immersion in hot water), as well as on the buttocks;
  • damage and fractures of bones, swelling and soreness of the joints;
  • broken 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 to suspect 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;
  • painful attitude to 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;

Adolescence:

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

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

  • conflicting, confusing explanations for the causes of trauma in children;
  • blaming the child's own injuries;
  • late seeking or not seeking medical attention;
  • lack of emotional support and affection in dealing with the child;
  • unprovoked aggression towards staff;
  • more attention to their own problems than to the damage the child has.

Consequences of child abuse in the family

  • withdrawal to religious sects;
  • associations in 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 ran away 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 right of the child to respect for his human dignity (art. 54)

the right of the child to protection and the obligation of the guardianship and guardianship authority to take measures to protect the child (art. 56)

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

immediate removal of a child in case of a direct 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 determines the measures of protection (art. 19), and also establishes:

ensuring, to the greatest extent possible, the healthy development of the individual (art. 6)

protection against arbitrary or unlawful interference with personal life child, from encroachments on his honor and reputation (Article 16)

providing measures to combat disease and malnutrition (art. 24)

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

protection of the child from sexual abuse (art. 34)

protection of the child from other forms of abuse (art. 37)

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


Stages of solving the problem in Russia

  • The year 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 - no cruelty to children!" and became its first member.
  • In August-September, a unified all-Russian helpline for abused children was created in Russia.
  • The site www.ya-parental.ru is already functioning

Children are the main gift for the world, With them the earthly picture is more wonderful. They understand everything, they take on everything The best human life is with them Often their hands are weak, inept, But there is no time for the guys to think about boredom. In the movements, worries, their time passes, Good luck comes to the diligent over the years. Dreams bloom in childhood, Adults often do not know about it. It is necessary to explain the rights to the kids, Much needs to be taught to them. The world will be better 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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VIOLENT ACTIONS

are committed specifically and aimed at achieving a specific goal;

cause 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 one who commits violence in most cases has advantages)

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Scientific research has established that:

violence in one form or another is committed in every fourth Ukrainian family;

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

for 10% of these children, the outcome is death, and for 2,000, suicide;

more than 50,000 children leave home during the year to escape their parents, and 25,000 minors are wanted.

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

about 10 thousand parents are deprived of parental rights by the 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 shelters and orphanages because their parents fail to fulfill their direct duties of upbringing, which poses a real threat to their life and health.

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The main cause of child abuse is internal aggressiveness.

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 child abuse 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 intentional infliction of injuries and / or damage to a child that causes serious (requiring medical attention) physical and mental health disorders, developmental delays.

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    PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

    As well as the involvement of the child in the use of alcohol, drugs, toxic substances. Physical abuse of a child can be committed by parents, surrogates, or other adults.

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    Most often this occurs in families where:

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

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

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

    parents make excessive demands on children that do not correspond to their age and level of development;

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

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    Physical abuse manifests itself as:

    blows to the face;

    shaking, pushing;

    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 for 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 abilities;

    a single rough mental impact that caused mental trauma in a child;

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

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

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    CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN EXPOSED

    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, stealing, deviant (or "deviant", asocial) behavior;

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

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    Features of the behavior of adults who commit emotional abuse:

    do not console the child when he needs it;

    publicly insult, scold, humiliate, ridicule the child;

    compared with other children not in his favor, constantly supercritical about 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 the absence of elementary care on the part of parents or persons replacing them, as well as dishonest fulfillment of the duties of raising a child, as a result of which his health and development are violated.

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    Most often, parents or persons replacing them neglect the basic needs of children:

    alcoholics, drug addicts;

    persons with mental disorders;

    young parents who do not have the experience and skills of parenthood;

    with a low socio-economic standard of living;

    having chronic diseases, disability, mental retardation;

    survivors of childhood abuse;

    socially isolated.

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    Consequences of child abuse in the family

    withdrawal to religious sects;

    associations in 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 ran away from domestic violence, etc.

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    SEXUAL ABUSE

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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, involving a child in prostitution, porn business.

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    Sexual abuse most often occurs in families where:

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

    conflict relations between parents;

    the mother of the child is overly busy at work;

    the child lived for a long time without a father;

    instead of the natural father - the stepfather or the mother's cohabitant;

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

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

    parents (or one of them) have mental illness;

    the mother was sexually abused as a child, etc.

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    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

    This is a repeating cycle with increasing frequency: physical, verbal, spiritual and economic abuse for the purpose of control, intimidation, instilling a sense of fear.

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    Economic Violence:

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    How is violence manifested?

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

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

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

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

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    Where to go for help?

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

    Service for Children of the Ilyichevsk District Administration. Address: 193 Metallurgists 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: bul. Khmelnitsky, 24-A. Tel.: 33-52-25

    Ilyichevsk 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: Builders Ave., 85-A. Tel.: 54-37-83.

    Forsaken by happiness will be the one Who was poorly 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 a child What do you say to a child

    • when he once again did not clean the room?
    • when did he skip class?
    • when he once again came home at an unappointed hour?

    situations

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

    • 1. “How many times to repeat: clean up the mess in your room immediately!”
    • 2. “You skip classes and want to remain an ignoramus!”
    • 3. “You never show up on time! Next time you will sleep under the door!
    1. “I feel embarrassed when guests see an unmade bed. Under the covers, she looks much better. 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 in the family arrives later than we agreed, I get so worried that I can’t find a place for myself. I want to see you at home by ten o'clock in the evening, and in special occasions we can negotiate separately. Then I will feel at ease." 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) Fulfillment of desires, give sweets 8 ) Approval of the act

    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) Reprimand 8) Comparison with other children 9) Complaint to dad

    Punishments

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

    which must be taken into account when punishing

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    2) Don't make false promises to your child.

    3) Do not put any conditions on your child.

    4) Be tactful in showing 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) Do not blackmail the child with your relationship with each other.

    9) Do not put your relationship with your own child depending on his academic success.

    Reminder 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 kind of old age do I want to have and will I have it at all?

    Children, in every sense, are our future.

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

    You can ask all your questions to the experts on the site. WWW.YA-RODITEL.RU

    Reminder for parents

    "Combating Child Abuse"

    Before inflicting physical punishment on 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, more precisely, equal. They are equal and the same - before the good and the bad. At first, children are like blotters: they absorb everything that is competently or ugly written by their parents. Albert Likhanov

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    Violence is coercion, captivity, a shy, offensive, illegal, self-willed action. Domestic violence is understood as systematic aggressive and hostile actions against family members, as a result of which harm, injury, humiliation or sometimes death can be caused to the object of violence. Violence is also committed among teenagers.

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    In relation to children, the following types of violence are distinguished: neglect of the basic interests and needs of the child; 2) physical violence; 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 needs for food, physical and psychological security, love, knowledge. - Causing intentional harm to a child. - Lack of proper care and supervision. - Exposure to emotionally traumatic factors associated with family conflicts. - Exploitation by overwork. - Parental alcoholism, drug use. Neglect of 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 oneself, 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 humiliating actions; control over the victim's daily routine, etc.

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

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    Economic abuse: denial of child support, withholding income, spending family money, making most financial decisions on their own - this can manifest itself, for example, in the fact that the needs of children or the wife are not taken into account when buying products, and as a result, children may not receive what they need. age food; the wife, when making purchases, must report with checks, etc.

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

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    Physical is the intentional infliction of harm to health, the infliction of physical pain, deprivation of liberty, housing, food, clothing and other normal living conditions, as well as parents' avoidance of caring for the care, health, and safety of children.

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


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