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"Short and Brutal Life of Baby Brianna."News Article

Finding Paragraph 2

While researching facts concerning abuse I found multiple facts that had lead me to think that verbal abuse at one time was worse than physical abuse but it seems as if they both have the same outcome. Both physical and verbal abuse leaves scars that a child must try to overcome and no one completely overcomes being abused. The only difference between the two is that physical abuse leaves scars on the outside where people can see, while verbal abuse does damage on the inside. According to, How are the effects of verbal abuse on children, physical and verbal abuse have a long-term affect on someones life. Abuse can make a child think about suicide or commit suicide; suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds. I found this extremely interesting that some cases of suicide are the result of a child being abused. After researching all the statistics and cases of child abuse it has opened my eyes and has made me understand that just because someone is not putting their hands on someone they are still doing damage. I feel that verbal abuse does has the same outcomes as physical abuse. Both physical and verbal abuse hurt people whether it is their body or their self esteem, and both physical and verbal abuse can kill someone. After this research project I have made a big shift to thinking maybe physical abuse is not just the problem that there are multiple problems with abuse going on.

Finding Paragraph #1

One of my essential questions was which of the states ranked tremendously high for physical child abuse. When researching this question I found that Alaska was ranked the highest out of all however Kentucky follwed them. In Alaska results showed that there was recently 352 cases reported of physical abuse and 72 of them resulted in hospitalization(4 deaths). Of these 352 cases all of them were just infants so imagine how many it would be when you include the people that were not infants. Among the physical abuse to the infants most were 4 months of age. The most common type of abuse seen in hospitalized teens or babies are fractures to the rib, skull, humerus, femur,and the vertabrae. Some cases even included drowning, burning, and suffocation. They were reported to have been abused by their actual parents, babysitters, grandparents, and strangers. In conclusion I think that after knowing that Alaska is the top state along with kentucky that we should us as people report more cases. I think South Carolina may as well be just as high as them if we actually reported the cases.



Bradford D. Gessnar,Martha Moore,Bernita Hamilton,Pam T. Muth.(2004)

Wordle #2

In this wordle I chose the words that stood out the most to me in the article. When reading the article on exactly how much physical abuse has occured and has been reported I was shocked. The word that stood out to me the most was abandoned because this is how the children feel when this happens to them. I used other words such as disorder, suffering, breakdown, massive and many more because these all stand out and I am hoping to express the seriousness of this issue.

Patrick Fagan."Child Abuse Info"(1998-2010)

Chart on physical abuse since the 1980's(percentage)

http://www.a-team.org/child_abuse_statistics.html

This shows the exact percentage of physical child abuse versus other abuses. In 1980 there was exactly 3,100 cases and that rose to 5,700 within the thirteen years. Below the graph it also states that the longer the child continues to be abused the more likely the child is to also be an abuser when he/she is older.

Chart on physical abuse since the 1980's

http://www.a-team.org/child_abuse_statistics.html

This graph shows that physical child abuse has increased 134 percent since the 1980's. In 1980 there was exactly 9,800 abused children reported, and that significantly rose to 23,100 within 13 years. This graph and chart came from the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. This means that it rose 67 percent between those years. The biggest reports show that physical abuse increased the most between those years(102 percent/15 percent per year).

quote #3

"The message a toddler gets from a slap or spanking is that a parent or other loved and trusted adult is prepared to induce pain and even do physical harm to force unquestioning obedience. That's terrifying to a little kid...However well-intentioned, a slap registers as the shattering of the whole deal between parent and child. Young children are left awash in feelings of fear, shame, rage, hostility, self-destructiveness and betrayal that they can't yet resolve or manage."

http://www.religioustolerance.org/spankin4.htm

I chose this quote because it does go with my subject really well and is basically my whole idea. Although I still believe that there is some other way of punishing the child that may be a parents only alternative. When you spank a child they know what they have done wrong but when you hit a child they may not understand why they are recieving this punishment. There is a big difference in getting a spanking and being physically hit. When you get a spanking you are usually hit on the tail and you get the message that you should not do what you did wrong again. When you are physically hit you are thinking what did I do wrong and why is mommy and daddy mad. Hitting a child leaves a fear of what else may come soon so dont hit your child.

Quote #2

"The desire to forget the past is a form of suicide.
I have come to believe that many of us would sooner die than remove our masks and stand barefaced before the world."
-richard bode

I chose this quote because it pertains to my topic so well because its saying that many people would rather hide from every one else and live there life out alone than to tell someone of whats happened to them and then them be judged. I think its saying that maybe the person would rather pretend nothing has never happened rather than facing it and hear how people will judge them. Maybe the people will think differently of them if they actually knew what was going on and so they keep it to themselves and hide behind what has actually went on. When it refers to removing the mask it is saying that they pretend they are this whole different person that they are really not and they do not show who they really are to everyone.