1.Types of harm
What are the types of harm that children and young people can experience?
Physical abuse
Physical abuse is something that affects your body. It can cause pain or injury by, for example, being hit, kicked, punched or bitten by another person using their body or an object.
Neglect
Neglect is something that affects your wellbeing and can affect your body and your mind. It might be caused by being left very hungry, cold or alone.
Emotional abuse
Emotional abuse is something that affects your wellbeing. This can be caused by being shouted at, blamed, picked on, bullied or being called names by adults.
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse can take many different forms. No-one should ever feel that they are being touched, asked to touch or asked to look at something or asked to act in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable. This can be where your body is touched in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, or someone says something, exposes their body to you, or shows you a picture or a video which is sexual.
Domestic abuse
Domestic abuse is something that can happen in a place where people live. This can be frightening and upsetting and can be caused by seeing, hearing or feeling physical, emotional or sexual abuse between the adults who live with you.
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