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Question by whats_my_name_again?: Please disscuss :why aren’t children taught to know the signs of child abuse /neglect from a young age?
The NSPCC go’s on about stopping child abuse . But what are they actually doing to stamp it out? The majority of child abuse occurs in the home and usually the abuser is a relative to the victim,i.e, a parent or uncle/aunt etc abuses the child.Is society worried about opening to many cans of worms ?
When I say ‘taught to know the signs’ I don’t mean in a way to scare kids into thinking if their parent shouts at them in a temper once or smacks there butt for being naughty that they need to be afraid etc ,I mean they should be taught that they have the right to feel safe and what to do if they ever feel threatened or uncomfortable. Also things like neglect ..children should know that they are meant to be clean and have 3 good meals a day etc and also alcoholism/drugs.. there are many children who take their drunken/druggie parents behavior as ‘normal’ because it’s all they know.
Perhaps there are just far to many grey areas and abuse whether it be the subtle to the most evil form runs so deep through society it would just be unthinkable to ever do anything more then to scratch the surface?
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Answer by t4stacy2
The reason is right within your question, when you say “there are many children who take their drunken/druggie parents behavior as ‘normal’ because it’s all they know.” that explains a lot right there. Plenty of children don’t know the signs because if they are a victim or potential victim then their parents have never taught them that their way of life is any different than what it’s supposed to be. On top of that programs intended to simply teach and not “scare” kids into knowing their being abused or neglected has just caused problems with parents who use basic (and legal) corporal punishment with their children. There isn’t a huge difference between spanking and beating the crap out of a child to the kid who is being hit. All the child knows is that they are being punished in a way that physically hurts them. There are also issues with teachers or the program administrators jumping to conclusions and calling child protective services over situations in which kids are injured but are in no way abused – but come to school bruised due to heavy play, falling down, doing what kids do. There should be a line made about sexual abuse though, kids should always know that their private parts are off limits.
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Stranger Danger, Naughty parts as far as I knew they are taught what is right and wrong conduct for adults, they don’t teach them the signs because they shouldn’t be looking for abuse in their friends that are the same age. Its the parents Job to protect their children, its the NSPCCs job to inform parents how to protect their children, so far they haven’t created a pamphlet that stops murder, rapes or child abuse.
In our school district kids start preschool at three and four. They are taught it. They are taught about stranger danger and inappropriate touching also. These things go on in kids lives everyday. They are also questioned when anyone at school thinks things might not be right.
The answer to this question is contained within it; look for it, you’ll see why! And I have bad news for you- no matter WHAT you teach kids, or what you do, or even what laws you pass- child abuse will NEVER totally stop! Why? Think about it; murder has been against the law since Cain killed Abel- but people still kill each other every day, don’t they?
I would love it if someone would explain to my kids that they are meant to be clean.
The way they behave when I try to wash them down you’d think that the act of bathing them is abusive!