child abuse is when an adult is physically,mentally,or emotionally abusing. people do this for different reasons such as anger,intonation,trauma,and etc.
Physical effects:
Physical effects is when it's visable to the eye, an example of a physical effect is Bruises and also welts.here is some more examples of physical effects
Scrapes and cuts
Burn marks
Head trauma
Weakened brain development
Difficulty walking or sitting
Mental effects:
Mental effects are not visable to the eye but it effects how people think. -Anxiety -Depression -Low self-esteem -Withdrawn -Dissociation
68% of children in the US are being abuse by their own family members.