my speech

·         Grown up’s are usually there to help and encourage kids. They take care of them, teach them how to do things and show them the right way to behave, but most of all love them. Most adults treat kids this way but some adults treat kids completely different... Every 10 seconds a child is abused, tortured, beaten, or raped! Child abuse is not always possible to clearly isolate the types of harm to children, but these are the four main areas; Physical, Sexual, Emotional Abuse and Neglect. Physical abuse is injuries that come from hitting, throwing, shaking, burning or biting a child. Sexual abuse is forced sexual contact, or sexual activity often by an adults that the child trusts. Emotional abuse is when an adult constantly blames or puts down a child. Neglect is when an adult fails to provide for the child’s physical needs, such as food, clothing, shelter, and medical care. It can also be when an adult fails to provide for the child’s emotional needs, such as affection, attention, supervision and love. What effects does a child abuse have on a child? Why do adults abuse children? There is no excuse for people to abuse children but children who were abused when they were young are more likely to be abusive when they grow up and have children. Some studies have shown that 30% of abused children grow up to be abusive parents. People would tend to question why a child who knows how hard it was when they were young would grow up and do this to their children. Children grow up thinking that everything their parents do is right. The problem is when these children are abused they don’t often learn that it is the wrong thing to do, and will be more likely to abuse their children. Some of the most horrendous stories of child abuse includes; a father who bit his child’s eye out and ate it, a baby tossed over a bridge, a teen was forced to eat her own feces and drink her own urine, a toddler died from being dunked into a pot of boiling water, a man raped an infant and adoptive parents force children to eat dog food and sleep in dog crates then burned the young children. I think child abuse is disgusting and should be stopped! No child should be abused by adults. All child abusers should be put behind bars for a long time. If parents are abusing theirs or other people’s children then they should not have the right to have children. Every year, 3 million reports of child abuse are discovered.

If we don’t STOP this ….Who will?

funny A...

A painting  of me on my horse and some mates.

cross country

Yesterday, the 3rd September, we had cross-country, everyone ran well. I came 3rd and Jourdan came 4th for the Year 8s. Kowhai won the house shield. Over all Miro should have won it. Watch out for as next time!