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Really? You know that abused children are much more likely to become abusers when they are older right? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11731348 https://ww
by celticninja 9y ago
Really? You know that abused children are much more likely to become abusers when they are older right?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11731348 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11731348
Not only is there correlation but there is causation. And it applies not only to sexual abuse but to physical and emotional/mental abuse too.
So yes, having shitty parents is more likely to result in children turning into shitty adults. It's not a foregone conclusion but the odds are not in the child's favour.
- rayiner 9y agoBut we're not talking about parents who are abusers, we're talking about parents who aren't that responsible.
- DanBC 9y agoNeglect is a form of abuse.
- DanBC 9y agohttps://www.gov.uk/report-child-abuse https://www.gov.uk/report-child-abuse > What to report > Child abuse includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and neglect. You can read more about the signs of child abuse.
- celticninja 9y agoI was responding to your point that "by and large they survive". I agree they survive but how they turn out is related to how they are brought up and so I dont think that we should be setting the bar as low as "they survive".
- rayiner 9y agoI don't see what you're trying to get at. Are you saying that people who get accidentally pregnant are more likely to be child abusers? My post was in response to someone who was worried he was too forgetful, etc, to take care of a kid. The fact that some people are "too child abuser" to raise a kid is a red herring.