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Child Abuse is a serious problem for children who have been abused or neglected, by their families. Young children are inexperienced and they rely on adults to meet their needs.  Child abuse and neglect often occur within families.  It may cause the children to have different kinds of negative thoughts and behavior in their life such as anxiety, aggressive behavior, insecurity about staying with other people or families, and depression. Children have to take a lot of time to recover from the pain.

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Many children are left alone by their parents without offering any appropriate care for them rather than asking for any support from others. which is defined as a form of neglect. •

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Youth violence is a serious problem that can have lasting harmful effects on victims and their family, friends, and communities. Our goal is to stop youth violence from happening in the first place. Help the children to understand the things that are happening around us, because it will affect their growth and it will tramatize them mentally and emotionally.

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Children can be helped. The best thing for a child is a caring adult. If a child is touched by violence, spend time with the child. Be sure the child understands that you are there to listen. Help the child talk about the trauma, but do not make him or her talk. Answer questions honestly using words that your child understands.
Try to understand that children may have new problem behaviors as a result of the trauma. These behaviors need your patience and understanding. Ask for help from friends, family, and medical and mental health experts for you and your child.
When suspecting family abuse, encourage the child in a safe space to say what happened.
Stay calm and continue to support the child.
Help the child stay safe.
And above all, ask for help from the corresponding authorities.

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As child educators, we can discuss with the child's parents how we can help them and keep the consistency between home and school. We also need to care about the mental health of the child and their parent. we can connect some professional departments to reach out to problems and how to help the family come over the difficulties.

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The experience of natural disasters affects children a lot. Sometimes it is very stressful. Children may feel a sense of loss or fear due to natural disasters, and may also feel anxious about what they will experience again. This brings psychological problems for children.
We can also teach children about natural disasters and how to cope with natural disasters in advance. We must constantly educate our children about the current situation of natural disasters and how to deal with them.

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Children can feel very frightened during a disaster and afterwards some children will show temporary changes of behavior. For most children these changes will be mild, not last long, and diminish with time. However, reminders of what happened could cause upsetting feelings to return and behavior changes to emerge again. Watching scenes of the disaster on television can be distressing for children, especially for younger children. Younger children may return to bed-wetting, have difficulty sleeping, and not want to be separated from their parents. Older children may show more anger than usual, find concentrating at school harder, and want to spend more time alone than usual. Some children are more vulnerable, and their reactions can be more severe and last for a longer period of time.

Factors to cope up:

1. MONITOR AND LIMIT YOUR FAMILY’S EXPOSURE TO THE MEDIA:
News coverage of the disaster can cause fear, confusion and anxiety in children. This is particularly true for a large-scale disaster or terrorist event, in which significant property damage and loss of life has occurred. Especially for younger children, repeatedly watching images of an event can cause them to believe the event is occurring again and again.

2. If a child has difﬁculty expressing his or her thoughts and feelings, then allowing them to draw a picture or tell a story of what happened may help.

Source: https://www.slideshare.net/WERI/helping-children-cope-with-disaster

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Essa & Burnham (2020) Introduction to Early Childhood Education (8th ed.) Sage Publications, Nelson Learning.p.