Editorial: Child Abuse

As we all know child abuse is a big issue in the world today. What comes to most people's mind when they hear the words child abuse is physically beating a child, but that isn't always the case. Child abuse can be anywhere from physical, mental, and emotional. Abusing a child physically means putting your hands on them, hitting them, and harming them by touching them. Mentally abusing a child means that their mental stability is not right from the abuse meaning that there was something wrong that happened to them which is making then not mentally stable. Emotional abuse comes from calling a kid names, been mean to them, making fun of them. Any kind of abuse whether mental, physical, or emotional is bad. Any kind of abuse can ruin a child's life, it can make them not be able to function in the world, and can cause them to do things no kid should think of. For many kids who are abused it is hard to spot signs of any kind of abuse. 

Like many people I want to take more action in helping the children. Raise awareness for kids in the community that are abused, get the kids mentors to help the kids get back to a stable mindset. Have the mentors take the kids to eat, take them fun places, and take them to fun activities. The kids need counseling, most of all to get the problems out of the way, help them face the fact the abuse is over.  I also think we should have assemblies for the kids afraid to speak up , to say not to be scared to take a stand. The children need to know that its okay to take a stand that there's so many people standing behind them to help face the issue and to help them get through it. They need to know they aren't in the mess alone. We as people need to show support for the children who live with in our community.

-Briona Snavely