County, Opinion

Child abuse: What are the signs?

Physical abuse is defined when there is evidence the child has experienced physical harm or injury by the parent or caretaker, or has been subject to circumstances that could reasonably pose a serious threat of physical harm or injury and “either the condition or death is not justifiably explained; the explanation or history given varies from the child’s appearance or from the degree or type of such condition or death; or the circumstances indicate that…