What Are the Causes of Child Abuse & Neglect?
Those who are involved in a marriage that is fraught with problems and is the source of hostility and fights are more likely to take their problems out on their children in the form of abuse or neglect than those who are in good marriages. These people know that their children are not the source of the poor state of the marriage or their other problems, and they know that abusing or neglecting children is wrong, yet they take out their problems on their children. According to an Oregon State University study, children get punched, hit with electrical cords and pushed down stairs by abusive parents who are frustrated by their own problems and take it out on their children.
