Child abuse. What goes through there heads?

It seems I misinterpreted the end of your question too… Children often lie about the bruises because they are protecting their abusive parents. Despite the injustice that has been done, they still love their parents and at such a young age, it is often hard to be able to tell that your parents are in the wrong. So the majority of children will lie so that they feel as if they are making up for what they allegedly did wrong. By protecting the abusive parent, the child believes he/ she is redeeming himself/ herself.

There are of course many other reasons as to why a child will be dishonest about it. Some children do not want to feel different or pitied. It’s a sad thing that most kids do not understand their rights and so a lot of domestic violence cases in this regard go unheard. Luckily there are a lot more education/ awareness programs in relation to this now, but it’s still a terrible thing :(.

Often, an abusive parent is reacting…they have either a irrepressible anger, or they’ve just reached the end of their ropes and basically, snapped.

As for the child, well, what would you be thinking? They’re afraid.

My idea of an abuser would probablly have many reasons. Like revenge for the abuse they had. Maybe because they are crazy and think of lime and pig raping. Or maybe they just want to let loose some of their anger and it helps them when they make something smaller then them feel pain very easliy.

As for the child, most reasons might be because of threats from the abuser or just being scared. Ever read a book called “ The Lottery Rose “ ? The main character is a seriously abused child and explains what he thinks on all of it. If you read that small book, you could probably understand not only what an abuused child thinks but how the abusment changes the thoughts within his mind.

Yummeh has a VERY good answer.

The only thing I can add is that it is very important that the child get EXTENSIVE therapy. His trust, attitudes, thoughts, indeed his whole world will be shattered and it will take years to become healthy. Without it, there is a very real danger that the child will grow up and either be an abuser himself, or will be magically attracted to abusers.