eaction of events by allowing researchers and social workers to understand what may push parents and other caregivers from a position of being likely to be abusers actually to committing abuse.
A number of general conditions tend to be present in situations in which parents are likely to become abusive. These include the following:
The parent was physically, sexually or emotionally abused or neglected as a child
The individual became a parent while still a teenager
The parent or caregiver is a substance abuser
There is a lack of parenting skills and/or knowledge of child development
Either the parent/caregiver or the child has a physical or mental illness The family is under economic stress
There is at least one child under the age of five; abuse is even more likely if the child is under the age of one year or if there are a number of very young children in the household
The child and caregiver have not bonded
The caregiver is geographically isolated an
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