Child Abuse Should Not Have to Happen

By M. Mendoza

Imagine a child at school, and committed an error, why would he be terrified to go back to his or her own home? Well this is the case for many children. They are terrified to go back to their home for one reason: their parents. Of coarse you would think that this is not true. Many children get whipped, spanked, and get beaten. That is the reason why some children are terrified to go home if they commit a tiny mistake. They know that something terrible awaits at their home. Child abuse is a very serious issue in our nation.

Child abuse is a very severe thing that is going on through out the United States. Even though it doesn't seem like it, there are many children being abused as soon as they get out of school. They are too scared to ask for help and they keep quiet and they keep getting whipped. In the year 2006, about 2000 children died as a result of child abuse. Based on that number, 6 to 7 children die each day due to this terrible crime. That means that every day, 6 children leave this world at a young age. Some of the children that die due to child abuse, are only 6 years old. The poor thing is that children die at 1 year of age and some that are only months old!! I don't know how people have the heart to mistreat children.

The cause of this terrible thing is their own parents. Mothers alone were responsible for more that half of the child abuse. To be specific mothers were responsible for 84% of the child abuse. They are the main reason why children die each day. Fathers are also responsible for 47% of all of the tragedy that children are going through. 60% are female ladies from an average age of 31. 40% are male with an average age of 34.

The race that is going through more child abuse are whites. Whites had a percentage of 51%. African Americans had 28% of the child abuse. 18% was for Hispanics. Only 2% was for American Indians. Lastley 1% was for Asians / Pacific Islanders. However, it must be understood that whites also make up the largest segment of the population.

Just because they make a mistake doesn't mean that they should get abused. Everyone is human and every single human commits mistakes. That is no reason to abuse a child. Every child has a chance to live a happy life. People that take away that chance from the poor children are just bad people. Child abuse should never have to occur.