With the many stories and security footage to back the story, children are often the victim of a trusted babysitter. Because our children mean the world to us, we believe we have entrusted our most prized possession with someone we thought we could. It is gut-wrenching to know that people are capable of hurting children of all ages, but when we find out the person we trusted with our little ones inflict physical or mental abuse on them, the betrayal and outrage is off the charts. With that in mind, we at Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami FL would like to list common signs that the babysitter is abusive.

Types of Babysitter Abuse & Neglect

Physical Abuse: Physical abuse consists of Hitting, Scalding with hot water, Tying up, Pushing/Holding a child underwater, Throwing, Biting, Kicking, Choking, Shaking, Striking with an object, Burning with an implement, and starving a child with continuous, pervasive and to the extreme actions that are inflicted intentionally to harm a child. Shaking Baby Syndrome is another form child abuse that frequently results in death. Though it can be harmful to children of all ages, but newborn through toddler ages are particularly susceptible to this form of abuse. Most cases indicate that the shaking lasts 5-20 seconds, which is the sufficient time to cause brain damage or death.
Physical Neglect: Physical Neglect is interfering with growth or development by placing a child in physical danger, leaving a child alone for an extended period, locking a child confided in a room or closet, not providing warmth from cold with appropriate housing or clothes, and not seeking medical care when child is need.
Sexual Abuse: Forms of sexual abuse include the following enforcing a child to touch someone else’s sexual organs, telling a child pornographic stories, make a child pose for pornographic videos or pictures, fondling, touching or kissing a child’s sexual organs, forcing a child to undress, having sexual relations with a child, making a child view pornographic videos or pictures, showing sexual organs to a child, and enforce a child to have sexual relations with someone else.
Emotional Abuse: When a child is made to feel worthless and incompetent by terrorizing, blaming, belittling, and ignoring them.

Signs Babysitter is Abusive

Abuse is the likely suspect if you begin to notice changes in your child’s behavior. Below are common behavioral demonstrations that are linked with abuse.
– Have poor self image.
– Aggressive and disruptive behavior.
– Bullying.
– Inability to trust or love others.
– Anger or rage tendencies.
– Misbehavior in the class room.
– Act out sexually.
– Be self-destructive, self-abusive, or suicidal.
– Feeling sad, depressed, passive or withdrawn.
– Difficulty forming new relationships.
– Drug or alcohol abuse.
– Exhibits fear of specific individuals.
– Avoid being at the place where abuse occurs.
Often, those charged with the care of our little ones are in fact the predators. Typically, the caregiver / babysitter will establish trust with their victims before they inflict any form of abuse. The abuse generally continues when the children are too fearful to plead for help or too young to articulate the problem with speech.

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