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The potential effects on a child who is physically or emotionally abused:
- Low self-esteem
- Weakened capacity to relate to others
- Loss of trust in authority figures
- Fear of authority figures
- Loss of ability to focus on studies
- Experiences chronic rage and anger
- Learns to physically and emotionally abuse others
Major social consequences of child abuse:
- Violence between spouses
- Violence in the streets
- Violence in the workplace
- Violence between neighbors
- Violence between nations
In spite of all the well-documented information
on the ineffectiveness and danger of corporal punishment,
it remains legal in the schools
of 21 U. S. states.
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