| How to recognize that a child is being abused at | | | | times, it means that the child expects the cane to fall |
| home or by somebody else? You come across many | | | | on him/her at anytime. Normally healthy children are |
| children in your neighborhood. Have you ever thought | | | | carefree. But an abused child is not carefree. That |
| about the abuse a child may be getting? Most of us | | | | child may be asked to get up from sleep and hit |
| do not, because we do not look for signs that tell us | | | | mercilessly by his/her parents for some fault that |
| that a child is abused. If we can do that, we can | | | | was so small that any normal person could ignore it |
| save a child's precious childhood. Let us talk about | | | | as childish act. But parents/abusers do not feel like |
| that. | | | | that. They believe that the child should be perfect |
| If the child is undergoing physical torture, you may | | | | and deserves to be disciplined whenever a small |
| find the signs of that on child's body. The injuries | | | | mistake is made. |
| may not be bandaged. Watch for a burn sign, or red | | | | This is a very sad world and some people are cruel |
| marks of beating, or any other mark that tells you | | | | beyond belief. Please look for psychological signs in a |
| that the child has suffered them not while playing or | | | | child that signal something wrong. Please report to |
| by accident, but by deliberate torture. If needed, ask | | | | the nearest police station, if you suspect that the |
| the child. He/she may not answer and hesitate. You | | | | child is being abused. By ignoring that we are partners |
| may see the fear in his/her eye when you ask that | | | | in the crime. Would you like to be partner is the |
| question. You should be then sure that the child is | | | | crime of child abuse? Please help the unfortunate |
| getting abused. | | | | abused children. Please protect them from vicious |
| If the child is looking afraid or watchful at all the | | | | people. |