Most four or five year olds don t care who sees them naked but a victim of sexual abuse may hide from even their mother. These are isolated areas where abuse can often take place uninterrupted. Hiding underwear or clothes in odd places. Finding blood spots on them when the child is too young to be having a menstrual cycle. Migraine headaches are not uncommon in abused children.
Artwork can often show signs of abuse.
Excessive use of blacks and reds, pictures of violence or death. Being caught abusing or attempting to get other children to perform sexual acts. Statistics show the majority of abusers were themselves abused as children. By no means does this justify the abuse of children but it does show the repetitive cycle of abuse. These are just a few of the possible signs of sexual abuse.