Section 5-2

What kind of problems might running away from home lead to?

Illness, crime, vulnerability to prostitution, pornography, and drugs.

List four general types of problems that can cause stress in families.

Illness, financial problems, separation/divorce, and drug abuse.

How is a separation different from a divorce?

In a separation, the spouses are still legally married and trying to work out their problems, as opposed to divorce, in which they are no longer married and have failed to work out their problems.

Physical abuse

Intentionally causing physical harm to another person

Briefly describe physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse.

Physical abuse is another person intentionally inflicting harm on another, sexual abuse is the sexual exploitation of children by adults, and emotional abuse is nonphysical mistreatment of a person.

Runaway

A child who leaves home without permission and stays away for at least one night, or two nights for teens 15 or older

Sexual abuse

A criminal offense in which an adult uses a child or adolescent for sexual purposes

Neglect

Adults failing to provide for the basic needs of children

What is neglect?

Adults failing to provide for the basic needs of children.

Separation

An arrangement in which spouses live apart and try to work out their problems

Domestic abuse

The abuse of one spouse by the other

Emotional abuse

The nonphysical mistreatment of a person