why do children become victims of abuse???

Question

I am currently studying Child Psychology & Child Protecton

Answer 1

Because we only rat people out to the authorities when their behavior effects us personally. As long as a person is just kicking around their own kid, people could care less.

Answer 2

Because they can't fight back or are too young to understand that life should not be the way it is, or their parents were the victims of abuse.
Sexual abuse tends to start before a child even knows what it means, and they are usually threatened in some way to keep quiet about it. Some are even told its their fault!
A child beaten every day and treated like an animal only knows that life, he thinks everyone is treated like that! Only when he goes to school and starts realising how others are treated will he begin to question it.
The abuser who was abused themselves haven't learnt that there are other ways to get a child to behave without resorting to violence! It made them behave so will make their children behave. I hope that helps you and good luck in your studies!
Children need all the help and protection they can get!

Answer 3

Children are made victims of abuse by manipulative, power crazy people who prey on their vulnerability. Children are more trusting and therefore are easier to manipulate by either fear or bribes - "If you tell your parents will die" or "I will be nice to you if you don't say anything" are typical of the sorts of things said to children or they may be given a bar of chocolate or some money. By the time the child realises it isn't right it is often too late for them to be able to step forward and say NO and the manipulation is totally 'programmed'. It is also still a very taboo subject - child abuse - and many children feel they are somehow to blame for the continued abuse - often thinking why didn't I say no louder or why didn't I tell. Most importantly though - no child ever becomes a victim of abuse willingly.

Answer 4

They are vulnerable, perpitrators can easily manipulate children, groom them, threaten them, and they cant usually fight back because they have insufficient life experience to know what to do or how to do it. Most adults dont have the experience to be able to spot abuse so that makes it easier for it to carry on over a period of time. Childrens odd behaviour is put down to a host or normal things - school worries, growing up, insecurity etc. We bring children up to believe that adults are always in the right and that they should have respect for them and do as they are told. So in an abusive relationship the kid doesnt know what to do, cos what is happening contradicts what they have been told. In general of course. There is a lot of other stuff relevant that is more complex so youll need to read books as well :)

Answer 5

Today's definition of abuse is far different than what it was when I grew up. Most forms of discipline are now considered abuse. We'd rather medicate our children these days into passivity than risk over reaching social services being sicked on us by a total stranger that just happened to be walking nearby as a child is having a tantrum in public.

When genuine abuse occurs, it is usually the result of a cycle of abuse that gets passed down in the family by example.

Answer 6

what a stupid question.
most children are abuse by someone that they know and trust.
in their innocence they believe that someone who loves them will not hurt them and do nothing wrong with them or to them.
after the abuse has started, then the threats start, that your family will not love you anymore, or you will be taken away from you family or harm your family in some way if you tell. they will tell you that no-one will believe you, and that no one will love you like they can love you.
sometimes they will bribe you to keep it a secret, or give you treats for "being good". some will even blame the child like it is their fault and make them feel guilty.
guilt and fear are powerful weapons for a child abuser.

You might be better off asking why innocent children are born into families where adults in the family have abused others and gone unpunished. Ask the family why they allow their children unprotected to spend time with these people, when any visit if it has to be made should be supervised at all times.

Answer 7

Well, maybe it's because they are the most vulnerable ones, the most dependent ones, the most innocent and the most likely to not speak up or tell anyone. They are made to feel like it is their fault, because an adult can convince them that this is so, they can be threatened and manipulated by adults that are supposed to be caring for then. It's like the weakest and most innocent are the most likely to be abused because the abuser knows they will get away with it to a certain extent, they try to and they can scare a child where an adult might not fall for it. You need to read your books.

Answer 8

Because they are smaller and less mentally developed than adults
also, they have a hard time rebelling against parents or family friends because they are the only things they know and they love them very deeply, which is why abuse is so rarely reported by children.

Answer 9

Because their mind isn't fully developed to really understand whats right and wrong and are easily manipulated into thinking certain things are normal when in actuality its not. Also, children fall victim to abuse because they are over powered physically and mentally by the older individual doing it.

Answer 10

More than likely they were abused themselves but back in the 'good ol days' no one ever mentioned it. Frequently, physical abuse was was mistakenly classed as corporal punishment. There is a big difference between chastisement and brutality but unfortunately there was no one to tell or protect you.