What is Child Abuse

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Child can be defined as anything that affects a child's basic human or damages their development needs.
The Children's Act 1989 defines divides child abuse into main categories; , physical abuse, sexual abuse and abuse. It should be noted however that what constitutes abuse will vary over time and vary between .
It is very hard to estimate the incidence of child abuse. However since the 1980's child abuse has been regarded as a major problem.