In fact, severe cases of emotional abuse include extreme or bizarre forms of punishment such as confinement in a closet or dark room, being tied up for a long period of time, or threatening and terrorizing a child. However, the patronizing doesn't always have to be severe in order to damage a child. It can be as little as telling a child that she looks fat or any sort of belittling or rejecting treatment that can hurt a child emotionally. Even using derogatory terms to describe a child or habitually using a child as an escape goat and blaming a child can damage her self-esteem. People, especially children, need love and affection to help guide them and support them throughout their lives. They don't need to be made fun of or to be put down. .
Another form of abuse is neglect. Neglect is the failure to provide for the child's basic needs; it can be physical, educational, or emotional. Neglect is the number one cause of abuse in America. In fact, in 1997 alone the number of confirmed cases of neglect accounted for 54% of the children. Neglect is not just forgetting to give a child her lunch money, but it is anything that can put a child in danger. For example, physical neglect can include anything from not providing adequate food or clothing, appropriate medical care, supervision, or proper weather protection to even abandonment ("Child Abuse: What - n.pag). Because children are not old enough to support themselves, they need a person to care for their needs otherwise they will not be able to survive on their own. For example, in Gary, Indiana one woman taking cocaine left her 9 year old daughter locked alone in an unheated apartment for nearly a week in January. Because of .
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freezing temperatures, her daughter lost both of her legs from frostbite (Ito 25). Her daughter's legs could have been saved if she had been taken care of properly. However, she was not given proper weather protection.
