Stop Child Abuse

Myths and Realities about Child Abuse

Many false beliefs about child abuse continue to be held by people in our community. Before we can start to prevent child abuse from happening we need to understand more about the problem.

How much do you know about the problem of child abuse? Why not take a few minutes to take this quick questionnaire? Email it to a friend. Help others to learn more about the child abuse and the need to protect children.

Simply choose whether you think the following statements are True or False.

  1. Children are more likely to be abused by people they know than by strangers.

    2. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  2. The number of children being abused and neglected is increasing.

    3. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  3. If children don't witness domestic violence (or violence between adults in the home) they are not affected by it.

    4. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  4. Child abuse can lead to depression, drug abuse and homelessness in later life.

    5. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  5. Boys are rarely victims of sexual abuse.

    6. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  6. Disabled children are more likely to become victims of abuse than non-disabled children.

    7. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  7. Children are sometimes to blame for their abuse.

    8. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  8. The most common form of abuse is emotional abuse.

    9. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  9. Children make up stories about abuse.

    10. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  10. Children who disclose about their abuse and later retract their story were lying about the abuse.

    11. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  11. Reporting to the state child protection authorities can cause more harm than the abuse itself.

    12. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  12. If a child is reported to the state child protection authorities they will always be taken away from their family.

    13. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  13. It is not always obvious that a child is being abused.

    14. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  14. If abuse happened once it is likely to happen again.

    15. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

  15. Child abuse doesn't happen in well educated families.

    16. Reality     Myth      Don't Know  

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