“Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not to live in a nightmare in the darkness of the soul. This is a quote from Dave Pelzer, the author famous for his autobiography "A Child Called 'It'". For those who don't know what the book is about, it is about his life and how he grew up, being abused daily by his mother. As a result of child abuse, children face psychological consequences, social and economic difficulties later in life. At first, the psychological consequences can be multiple, but the main points are the child's personal feelings, cognitive delay and emotional feelings. For example, personal feelings harm children throughout their lives unless they are able to overcome what happened to them in their past. These personal feelings include isolation, fear, and the inability to trust. Children should never feel like every time they do something wrong, something will happen when they get home, or that children will be punished no matter what they do. Cognitive delay causes children to fall behind in school or not care about school, and sometimes causes them to fail and have to repeat a grade. A child's emotional feelings later include depression, anxiety, and can sometimes be health disorders. Depression is the feeling of being hopeless and inadequate. In explanation, depression can cause suicides and health problems. Furthermore, anxiety makes a person feel uncomfortable or nervous when facing a situation where no one knows the outcome and as everyone knows, there is no possible way to know the outcome of the situation. a situation. Secondly, it is what haunts children for the duration of their lives. rest of their lives. This will always be the case with children, and whether or not they are... middle of paper ......consumption harms physical and mental health throughout life, slows economic development and social, this happens to twenty percent of women and five to five ten percent of men, and it is estimated that thirty-four thousand deaths by homicide among children under fifteen years old. Last but not least, it not only forces children to deal with psychological consequences, but it also leads to social and economic difficulties later in life.Works CitedChildrens Bureau; http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/focus-areas/child-abuse-neglect “Statistics and Research.” Home. Np, and Web. April 30, 2014.Joyful Heart Foundation; http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/learn/child-abuse-neglect/about-issue “Statistics and Research.” Home. Np, and Web. April 30, 2014. World Health Organization; http://www.who.int/topics/child_abuse/en/ “Child abuse”. WHO. Np, and Web. May 1 2014.