Child abuse is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to act by a parent or a caregiver that results in actual or potential wrongful harm to a child and can occur in a child's home, or in organizations, schools, or communities the child interacts with.
Child abuse awareness banner in Sarasota, Florida
Rib fractures in an infant secondary to child abuse
A girl who was burned during religious violence in Orissa, India
A child soldier in El Salvador, 1990
Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child. The word filicide is derived from the Latin words filius and filia and the suffix -cide, from the word caedere meaning 'to kill'. The word can refer to both the crime and perpetrator of the crime.
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens of Cronus devouring one of his children
Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, by Ilya Yefimovich Repin.
Postumius kills his son for betraying his orders by Domenico Beccafumi.
Constantine the Great, who executed his son for unknown reasons.