A Website Called Maya s Hope - 1092 Words

In a website called Maya s Hope, they mention that in their orphanage the 85% of children of age seven and older who do not get adopted are put in institutional care. In this website they mention that only 1 out of 4 children are adopted legally, these include the children who have illnesses or major disabilities. It is hard for these children to get a home I if they have a bad past. According to Kendra Cherry, a graduate from Boise State University with a Master’s in education and a Bachelor in psychology from Idaho State University, explains the stages of life. Children are anywhere from birth until 11 years old (Cherry, 2016). This is when child abuse is more prevalent. But what happens when the child becomes an adolescent or a†¦show more content†¦The article suggests that there is a cascade effect when dealing with child abuse and the parents and how it can be passed on to the rest of the children. This would also suggest that it would be an unending cycle in which now the next set of parents would also be at risk to abuse their children. The authors though find something different. Yes, it is true that the abuse carries on in a certain fashion, but a form of abuse that most likely does not carry through but physical child abuse does. In the author s words, â€Å"In sum, mothers’ sexual abuse history was unrelated† (2015). When talking about the history of physical child abuse the mothers suffered the authors find â€Å"In sum, mothers’ physical abuse history was indirectly related to children’s internalizing problems.† (2015). The article also points out that this cycle of abuse keeps going in some form or another. The article states, â€Å"when mothers experience physical abuse in childhood, they are more vulnerable to experiencing depressive symptoms shortly after the birth of their child, which is in turn associated with children’s development of their own difficulties with mood and affect regulation.† (2015). This serves to back up the idea of an unbreakable cycle of abuse done by the parents and so