Child Maltreatment

This journal assignment requires you to go back to re-read part of REVEL Chapter 10 on
Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood, specifically the section on Child
Maltreatment towards the end of the chapter. After re-reading this section, you should be able to
identify the different factors that increase rates of childhood abuse and neglect.
Respond by answering these questions:
* What does the term maltreatment mean?
* What is the most commonly reported type of child maltreatment, according to your textbook?
* Identify some of the most common maltreatment risk factors (things that increase the possibility
of being abused or neglected). List at least 4 of them.
* In your own opinion, is spanking the same thing as abuse? Were you spanked as a child? Do
you believe it was good or bad for you? Why or why not?
References
Berk, L., & Meyers, A. (2016). Infants and children: Prenatal through middle childhood. Pearson
Edition.