There are four major facets of abuse
Neglect
Neglect is the instance in which the responsible adult fails to adequately provide
for various needs, including physical (failure to provide adequate food, clothing,
or hygiene), emotional (failure to provide nurturing or affection) or educational
(failure to enroll a child in school).
Physical
Physical abuse is physical aggression directed at a child by an adult. It can
involve striking, burning, choking or shaking a child. The transmission of toxins
to a child through its mother (such as with fetal alcohol poisoning) can also be
considered physical abuse in some jurisdictions.
Psychological or Emotional Abuse
Out of all the different forms of abuse, emotional abuse is the hardest to
identify. This form of abuse includes name-calling, ridicule, degradation,
destruction of personal belongings, torture or destruction of a pet, excessive
criticism, inappropriate or excessive demands, withholding communication, and
routine labeling or humiliation.
Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent
abuses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of CSA include asking or pressuring
a child to engage in sexual activities (regardless of the outcome), indecent
exposure of the genitals to a child, displaying pornography to a child, physical contact
with the child's genitals, viewing of the child's genitalia without physical contact, or using
a child to produce child pornography.