(单词翻译:单击)
The most common type of child abuse, you know, is beating with hands or with an instrument, usually a cane in some places.
最常见的虐待儿童的类型,是用手打或用工具打,在一些地方通常用藤条 。
Nearly a third of the abused children we see are in the age group between 6 and 10, and about 65% of them are boys.
我们所看到的受虐待儿童中有近三分之一是6到10岁的儿童,其中大约65%是男孩 。
This is the age group when children are first expected to study hard, and parents have great expectations of their progress in school.
在这个年龄段父母们首次要求孩子们努力学习,父母对他们在学校取得进步抱有很大的期望 。
Boys, of course, attract more abuse such as beating, because once again parental expectations are high and boys tend to be more energetic and difficult to control than girls.
当然,男孩会遭受更多的虐待,比如殴打,因为父母的期望很高,男孩往往比女孩精力更加充沛,更难控制 。
Most experts seem to agree that child abuse is caused by a combination of social and psychological factors.
大多数专家似乎都同意虐待儿童是由社会和心理因素共同造成的 。
Families who beat their children are not particularly different from other people.
打孩子的家庭和其他人没什么不同 。
The only difference that exists between them is that they lack skills in establishing good relationships with their children.
他们之间唯一的区别是他们缺乏与孩子建立良好关系的技能 。
These families too, generally speaking, have other problems such as marriage problems or financial problems.
一般来说,这些家庭也有其他问题,如婚姻问题或经济问题 。
Some parents are hurting their children because they strongly believe in the use of traditional disciplinary methods.
一些家长伤害了他们的孩子,因为他们相信传统的惩戒方法 。
But many of them have emotional problems. They are often the victims of violence themselves.
但他们中的许多人都有情感问题 。他们自己往往是暴力的受害者 。
Sometimes they even bear an unreasonable hatred for a child because they believe that the child has brought the family bad luck.
有时他们甚至对孩子怀有不正常的仇恨,因为他们认为孩子给家庭带来了厄运 。