Child Protection

Laws
Anti-Child Abuse Law
Republic Act No. 7610
CHILD ABUSE
Physical
Emotional
Sexual
 CHILD MALTREATMENT
Intentional physical abuse or
neglect, emotional abuse or
neglect, and sexual abuse of
children, usually by adults
Neglect is the most prevalent
form of maltreatment
 NEGLECT
Failure of parent or person legally
responsible for the child’s welfare to provide
for the child’s basic needs and an adequate
level of care
Etiology unknown
Influencing factors that can play a part in
neglect
Ignorance of child’s needs
lack of resources can play
Parental lack of knowledge on emotional
nurturing as an essential need of the child
Physical
Deprivation of necessities
Food, clothing, medical attention,
education, shelter
Emotional neglect
Failure to meet a child’s needs for affection,
attention, and emotional nurturance

Emotional abuse
Deliberate attempt to destroy or significantly
impair a child’s self-esteem or competence.
Rejection, isolation, terrorizing, ignoring,
or corrupting the child
 PHYSICAL ABUSE
Deliberate infliction of physical injury
on a child usually by the child’s
caregiver
“Non-accidental injury of a child
ranging from minor bruises and
lacerations to severe neurologic trauma
and death”
Illness that one person fabricates or induces in
another person
Mother is often perpetrator in children
Warning signs
Unexplained, prolonged, recurrent, or

extremely rare illness

Parent knowledgeable about illness,

procedures,
Parent very attentive toward child

Family members with similar symptoms

Predisposing factors
Typically one child is victim in an abusive
family
Occurs in all family types
Characteristics of child that can contribute to
physical abuse
 Child’s temperament
 Position within the family
 Disabled
 Activity level
 Degree of sensitivity to parental needs
 SEXUAL ABUSE
“the use, persuasion, or coercion of any
child to engage in sexually explicit conduct
(or any simulation of such conduct) for
producing any visual depiction of such
conduct, or rape, molestation, prostitution
or incest with children”

Child abuse must be committed by person

responsible for the child’s care (parent,
babysitter)
If it is a stranger who is doing the abuse it
is sexual assault
Incest- any physical sexual activity b/t family
members
Includes stepparents, grandparents, uncles etc.
Molestation- “indecent liberties” touching,
fondling, kissing, masturbation
Exhibitionism-indecent exposure
Child pornography-arranging and photographing
sexual acts involving children
Regardless of consent from parent
Child prostitution-sexual acts for profit
Pedophilia-means “love of child” preference for pre-
pubertal children as a means of achieving sexual
excitement
Characteristics of Abusers
Can be anyone
Typically male that the victim knows
Presence of stepfather (incest)
Characteristics of victims
anyone
runaways
Initiation and perpetuation of abuse
Pressure to begin sexual activity
Gifts
Special secret

Abusers play on fears

Fear of telling
Fear that they will be blamed
Child is to young to tell what happened
Anti-Trafficking in
Persons Act
Republic Act No. 9208
Anti-Rape Law
Republic Act No. 8353
Anti-Sexual Harassment
Act of 1995
Republic Act No. 7877
Anti-Violence Against
Women and their
Children Act
Republic Act No. 9262
Child and Youth
Welfare Code
Presidential Decree No. 603
 C H I L D R E N L E A R N W H AT T H E Y L I V E
by Dorothy Law Nolte

If children live with hostility, If children live with fairness,

they learn to fight.
If children live with ridicule,
they learn to be shy.
If children live with tolerance,
they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement,
they learn confidence.
they learn justice.
If children live with security,
they learn faith.
If children live with approval,
they learn to like themselves.

If children live with acceptance,

If children live with praise,
and friendship,
they learn to appreciate.
they learn to find love
in the world.