battered child

Now it was two against the world-himself, and this battered but still-valiant child.

You were a battered child, dependent on the system, which in many ways failed you.

Mrs. Silverman had been teaching battered and abused children at the time.

The three battered children, dripping wet, ran bravely into the sea again".

Is it fair to leave battered children in abusive homes?

He was awarded an Emmy for a feature on battered children.

And at another: "The consent you offer is the consent of the battered child."

Thus, the prosecution ended its case the way it began, leaving the jury with a vision of a battered child who was to die.

His awards included an Emmy for a documentary on battered children.

It burst onto the national consciousness in the late 1960's and early 1970's when a number of books and studies about battered children appeared.