Lookout Signs Of Abuse

Evident physical signs like discomfort in urinating or defecating, urinary infections or injury to private parts

Learning problems, an inexplicable fall in academic grades, an onset of poor memory and concentration

Social withdrawal (such as poor or deteriorating relationships with adults and peers in general)

Developing fears, phobias, anxieties (a fear of a specific place related to abuse, a particular adult, refusing to change into sports/swimming clothes)

A tendency to cling on or a need for constant reassurance

Poor self-care/personal hygiene

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Five-year-old ‘Gudiya’ today has become a totem of rage against child sex abuse. Raped by two men, one 21 and the other 19, and then violated in a way too horrific to describe, hers is a case that should have few parallels. Yet, tragically, there are too many who have undergone similar assault and trauma. One need not even stray far from the...