Drug abuse amongst pregnant women
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CHILD ABUSE
Today in the United States, child abuse is most common in the family households, on the streets, and in the schools. The most important and the most deadliest kind of child abuse is the use of drugs and harmful substances during pregnancy. This occurs the most amongst ignorant pregnant teenagers. There are a lot of harsh outcomes and consequences resulting from this abuse. In this generation of irresponsibility, many children suffer days, weeks, months, and even years of pain resulting from child abuse from parents or other guardian figures. Child abuse is a big problem in the world today, whether it is physical violence, sexual violence, emotional violence, neglect, or drug abuse during pregnancy.
Physical violence deals with the beating and striking of a child to inflict non-accidental injury or pain upon them. Sexual violence is simply the actions of taking sexual advantage of a child or a minor. Emotional violence is the non-accidental actions of using harsh words to effect and scar the child emotionally. A child being neglected is the actions of being ignored and not being provided with the necessities a child needs to survive, live a good life, and not being cared for...