Maltreatment of drug-addicted children and babies“In your opinion, how many are victims of abuse per day? ", what if I told you that more than three million children under the age of 18 die every day due to child abuse and neglect. People think that child abuse is not that serious, but as the facts show, child abuse is increasing due to victims not getting the help they need and turning into abusers ( Perry) (Muscogee County Sheriff's Office). Baby drug addicts are also a big problem in the United States, not only because many die, but are essentially tortured and grow up with a lower physical and mental standard. As they grow up, they are about average until the age of four, and then from there their motor skills start to deplete, they become basically mentally and physically stupid. (Kronstadt, 2013) Child abuse can take many forms. There are four different types of abuse that I will face in my research paper; they are physical, mental, emotional and neglect. Most abuse is due to neglect and not physical abuse. The physical category also includes sexual abuse. (Do something) Baby addicts may also qualify under the emotional and mental category. Two of the main questions covered in this article are what child abuse is and what life is like for drug addicted babies. It turns out that babies' lives are significantly affected after the age of four, but we'll learn more about that later. (Kronstadt, 2013)Why is child abuse so common, you might ask. There are many answers, but the best that research can offer is that when abused people don't get the help they need, they most often become abused, and when they abuse their chi... .. middle of paper ......ICT never gets help, will it always stay the same? This is one of the most frequently asked questions in my research paper, but is it true? Research indicates that abusers and addicts will continue to do to their children what happened to them when they were little; unless they feel that their children did not need this kind of treatment and they start a new way of raising their children the same way most people would raise their children. However, most of the time this is not the case and if they want to stop themselves from treating their children the way they do, they need serious mental therapy to eliminate this instinct or habit from their system . (Perry) Ultimately, the research shows that child abuse statistics and drug addicted babies will continue to rise unless they get the serious mental help they need to chase away this instinct to get kids out of their system..