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Child abuse and neglect can have lifelong implications for victims. Physical abuse, emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, and abandonment are a few examples of the things children experience at the hands of those who are suppose to be responsible for them: their parents, family members or other adults in their life. While the physical wounds heal, there can be long-term consequences if the trauma of abuse and neglect is not recognized and addressed. Children who are maltreated are at risk for delayed cognitive, nervous system and immune system development, putting children who have been maltr
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