Analysis of Legal Protection against Child Abuse in the Family

Abstract

The family has a significant role and function to the development and future of children. A child must get the
widest opportunity to be able to grow and develop optimally both physically, psychologically, socially, and
spiritually. Children also need to get their rights to be protected and prospered. All forms of violence against
children need to be prevented and overcome, especially physical violence against children. Domestic violence is
an activity in which the perpetrator (who is a member of the household) attacks someone who is also a member of
the household. Violence against children means violence committed by parents against their children. Parental
awareness about of violent punishment is still low, this is still low, this is influenced by many factors as lack of
knowledge about violence, the existence of a tradition of violence, to psychological problems. But in general
parents feel that violence is the only solution to nurture and educate children. The purpose of the research is to find
out how the legal protection efforts of physical violence against children in the family. This research uses a
literature review with data obtained from journals, books and the internet. The results of this article include the
inheritance of intergenerational violence, violence against children in the family difficult to be revealed in the
public sphere, and cultural background (The presence of relationships in society that always puts children in the
lowest position.