Question
Choice Which one of these is not physical abuse: A. Inducing illness in a child D B. Threatening to hit a child C. Suffocating a child
Answer
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Ian
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Answer
B
Explanation
Physical abuse refers to causing or attempting to cause bodily injury or harm, and often involves violence. It includes but not only those items involving hitting, pushing, and other kinds of direct physical engagement. Inducing illness in a child and suffocating a child clearly fall under this category because they entail the perpetrator using methods that result in physical harm to the child. On the other hand, threatening to hit a child, though it is neither defensible nor right, and may indeed be an element of psychological or emotional abuse due to its intimidating nature, does not constitute physical abuse as it doesn't involve any physical harm or injury to the child.