The main issue covered by the article is child abuse where children face various challenges while they are being brought up by their parents. The article talks about the various challenges experienced by children while they are trying to escape child abuse. The abuse that the children get come from close family members hence solving the abuse becomes challenging. The articles talk about how many children in the world are abused. The article intends to make the readers aware of the various challenges that the children go through while growing up. The article hopes that after awareness is created child abuse will reduce in the society.

The article investigates the various forms of child abuse and the people who are most likely to abuse the children. Understanding the various forms of child abuse create awareness to the people in authority so that they can come up with measures to prevent child abuse (Van der Kolk, 2017). The article compares the various cases of child abuse that have been reported in order to understand the assumptions that the parents make that make their children abused by their close family members.

The evidence provided to prove child abuse include the reported case of child abuse to the police, several cases have been reported where the children faced injuries that resulted to the children being taken to hospital (Van der Kolk, 2017). The article speaks of the various consequences that are set by law; there are various challenges that the police face implementing the law for child abuse offenders. The laws provide a guideline for the prosecution of the suspected child abusers. The article enables readers to make an informed decision when dealing with child abuse related cases.

Reference

Van der Kolk, B. A. (2017). This issue: child abuse & victimization. Psychiatric Annals, 35(5), 374-378.