Veronica Zayas

Oliver Hoover Elementary

1st

5th Grade

In my poster, the girl is representing the pain that child abuse causes. The abuse may have ended but it still haunts her. This it is important to help children suffering from abuse. There is always hope and it will get better. It’s not your fault, find an adult you trust, and get help.

Valentina Rodriguez

James H. Bright Elementary

2nd

3rd grade

My posters is about a boy who was abused at home and had to come to school with his arm broken. He wants his friends to know that sometimes when children come to school like this it can be a sign of child abuse. He is sad and wants to protect against child abuse. This child is suffering and feels that children deserve respect too. My border shows children holding hands and represents the support that his friends give him and that he is not alone. The heart represents the love that children should receive.

Natali Allende

Oliver hoover Elementary

3rd

5th grade
In my poster, all the toys represent children. They come from all types of families. The bear is sad because he is experiencing child abuse. Instead of having a happy childhood like the rest of the toys he is different than the rest. He torn because he’s neglected, he has cuts & bruises because he’s hit, and his heart has stiches because he’s in pain.

Gianna Gutierrez

Lawton Chiles Middle School

1st

7th Grade

My poster is a little girl that is getting abused by her father calling her names, hurting her with a belt. Child abuse is wrong and it hurts me to think that children get hurt bad by their parents. As children, you’re supposed to have fun and be happy, to live your childhood, but, unfortunately that’s not everyone’s childhood. Child abuse is serious and whichever parent abuses their child need to get arrested immediately. We need to put a stop to a child abuse. Why would a grown adult hurt a young child physically and emotionally? Tell, why would a person do that to a child that doesn’t know any better? If I’d ask these questions to a child abuser I would not accept anything they have to say because, there is no excuse for child abuse. Period. I hope my poster brings awareness to children and families about this serious issue. Also, it is nice that the organization of Amigos For Kids is out there to help raise awareness about child abuse and help the children and families in need.

Lizabella Borrego

Lawton Chiles Middle

2nd

8th Grade

Lana is the girl in my poster. Her mother died of a drug overdose causing her father to become an alcoholic and rape his daughter. After years of this occurring Lana was placed in foster care. Her father’s rights were terminated, placing her up for adoption. What this poster represent is Lana being advertised as a sane child, but when she grows up she would suffer from many mental illnesses’ like depression, anxiety, and P.T.S.D. That why I called her damaged goods. This represents child abuse because she was being inflicted mental and physical abuse by her father, causing mental illnesses that most children that go through abuse have. What I used to create my artwork was pastels and a black sharpie. The artwork is a close depiction of my life and the scary things I have gone through. Survivors of child abuse are made to brave a false emotion, but on the inside, they already have permanent scars that they must live with. Time will tell when these scars will finally heal. NO EXCUSE FOR CHILD ABUSE!!!!!!!!

Kasandra Suarez

Ruben Dario Middle School

3rd

8th grade

This poster shows a girl, she is crying in the closet which is the only place she feels safe. She is being abused and cannot fight back or stand up for herself. She is stuck in a sad life where no one can protect her. She is mercilessly holds her doll as a sign of fear. She had nowhere else to go, no more places to hide. A small girl like her needs comfort and love. Most likely her dream is to be loved but they shift in her worst nightmare…her reality. It’s truly not her fault; instead it’s the people around her. Child abuse isn’t a game for a kid and should be the number one concern in the world.

Ana Cortes

South Dade Sr.High/School #7701

1st

Teacher: Dianne Romero

Acrylic and color pencil.

Title: Little Jane Doe

The name Jane Doe is assigned to an unidentified female corpse. The reason why I named her Jane Doe is because when a child is abused a part of them dies and they end up changing themselves physically and emotionally turning into an unidentified version of themselves. Although she is mainly displayed as a child who has been raped each symbol symbolizes another type of abuse.

Jane Doe is appearing to be opening the drawer full of flowers only to signify her obedience to hand over her innocence to her abuser but also her inability to protect herself as well as changing her beautiful personality for society.

The bush of thorns is the indescribable pain felt not only inside but outside raping you in this pain for practically a life time. The eyes of the abuser always seeking a moment to start the abuse.

When I was assigned to do a child abuse awareness poster last year this piece took me a year to finish, my inspiration came from my friend’s experience of her abusive father that would verbally shamed her. My friend burst out in tears as my teacher explained about different types and ways children can be abused

Katherine Estrada

1st

In Our society, children are amongst one of the most vulnerable beings. The majority depend on their parents for basic necessities like food, water, love and overall care for a long period of their life. This also a period of their life in which they are most moldable and susceptible to changes, good or bad. While most children have good parents or adults than can nurture them enough to become an active and independent member of society, others are not as fortunate. Child abuse is most common occurring from a parent or guardian to the child than from any other stranger. This abuse can either be physical or emotionally. Physical abuse can include beatings and sexual abuses, mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression can develop.

In my art piece, I decided to include a young girl crying on the floor near a corner of her bedroom.

She is covered in bruises and her stuffed animal toys are comforting her. In the background, there is a shattered glass of the frame hanging by one nail of her and her parents. The shattered glass of the frame represents how the once happy family is broken an how due to this there is a lot of conflict in the household. Next to the frame is a chalkboard the girl uses to draw on and on it is written “No Excuse 4 Child Abuse…”. Of course what I put as the emphasis is the girl crying and getting comforted by her toys. Toys or other items can become “safety blankets” for young children and can reduce any anxiety in them. In her house, she has no safety from the parents due to the abuse, therefore the most she can rely on is her toys. To her, they provide the best comfort she can get.

Sila Do

2nd

12th Grade

Mrs. Romero

Digital Art.

The people that kids grow up and been around with the most is their parent. They feed them, clothed them and nurtured them. Most importantly they give them love. Despite everything kids will be naive and believe everthing their parent do is because their love them. All the more to believe if a parent hurt their children and say “I did it because I love and care about you.”afterward. Kid at a young age will believe
their parent’s words. Because of this they will not seek help or even anything that may damage or ruin their parent and lifestyle. No child wants to lose the most important people in their lives, especially one that gave you life.

Camila Batista

2nd

This piece contains the message and story of a little child who is representing the emotion most children feel when they encounter child abuse. Fear. This feeling bubbles up in their chest. It petrifies them, it wakes them cry for their life. Children have still-developing brains, and their young minds cannot process the pain and weight being put on their small shoulders. It is true that grownups have more problems and things to worry about than children. However, it is not excused to take the stress out on an innocent child. As a matter of fact, there is no excuse for abusing anyone out of their own pain. With this painting I hope that this message comes across people and they reflect on this important issue, which is sometimes missed by the eyes of people who have not experienced it.

Alejandra S. Lavado

3rd

When I listen about this contest I felt very connected with the topic, specially because I experience this when I was little, so this idea came to my mind , a idea of showing what a child should feel, a child should be protected by the hands of its parents and no viceversa, a father or mother should guide and protect their child, cover them from all the bad things of the world, all the danger.

I visualized this picture in my mind of a child full of color because this kid is a life and is full of future but this is cover and surrounded by darkness, that is not his fault, but he cannot escape by his own, he needs a guidance, and that were this hands came to protect him, a hand of someone familiar to him, a hand were he can lay down without worries or fears because he knows blindly that those hands will protect him and give him comfort without asking for something in return because thi come from their hearts and that’s what true love is.

Sasha Thompson

3rd

Child abuse is one of the many things that affect children in today society. What inspires me most is that ive been in similar situations. I used my friends portrait because she portrays an innoscence where no one would think that she have been abused or not. I used the hands pulling her down as different abusing scenarios, the girl is crying as an outword expression of pain.

It is very unfortunate that most children don’t have a voice to speak up for themselves to get out of those harmful situations. And with these programs we can bring about awareness to prevent further cases.

Sophia Alvarez

Oliver Hoover Elementary

1st

5th Grade

My poster shows a girl that is depressed. She is experiencing physical and emotional abuse. She is expressing her emotions in the thought bubbles. No Child should ever feel lonely and worthless. She should grow up feeling safe and loved.

Mia Valencia

Oliver Hoover Elementary

2nd

4th Grade

This poster represent how even people in your everyday are being abused. This poster shows a girl as a mirror reflection of herself. One side shows the girl looking perfectly normal but she is hiding all her pain of abuse. She put on a fake happiness so others don’t know the truth. However, the other side show the emotional and physical scars that she truly has. Also, she realizes that she doesn’t have to continue living like this. She can get help and stop the abuse

Bryan Diaz

Ruben Dario Middle School

3rd

7th Grade

For my drawing, I drew a small helpless child named Jimmy, who is abused by his father many times. You can tell by the blood and the big bandages over his head that something is not right. Exactly what the neighbors expected. What’s happening in this drawing is that the neighbors have noticed that Jimmy usually stays indoors a lot and when he comes out he avoids social contact. He is usually hurt or has cuts on his face. The old couple next door made reports to the police that the child is being abused and the cops came and arrested Jimmy’s father. You can see the elderly couple watching from the other house around the street as the aggressive man goes to jail for child abuse. The child watches in relief and yet in tears as his father gets taken away.