Your opinion, are they being abused?

ok we are going to be doing a research paper soon and I am doing my topic on child abuse...there is this girl on my grandma's street where she lives and this little girl is only 10.well when she comes to my grandmas and I see her she looks almost scared...

when her mom tells her to do something!she is always wearing long sleeves shirts and pants and sneakers while its like 90 degrees there!when she comes she will be wearing dark makeup,my grandma thinks that the girls mom abuses her but we cant be sure.plus when she comes down her little brother wont even look at her or his mother and when he looks at my grandma or me we see fear and guilt in his eyes.she has a big sister that rarely comes with them but will come some and she is 14 and is always fighting with her mom to stopping yelling at the little girl which her name is Kira by the way the 14 year old is Tina and the 6 year old boy is Brian.I want to do my report on child abuse and I want to know what are some of the symptoms if a child is being abused?

Ah, I love the subject, but hate the freakin' abusive parents.

A child who is being abused have the normal effect of,
Wearing long sleeve shirts/pants.
Flinching from any sudden movement towards them, or raising of the voice.
Not wanting to change during gym (But if their fat, you can't hold that against them)
Low self esteem.
Pointing out the obvious.
Anger problems.
Poor mannors.
Poor clothing (Neglect, mostly)
Constantly thinking EVERYBODY people are sexually attracted to them (Mostly sexual abuse)
Scared by anything involved with their parents. (Even if it's just as simple as getting something signed)
And being sexually confused.

._. Wow do I sound smart.
Don't be fooled, I'm not xD

=] I hope I help.

And if you need anymore help, I'd love to because I could talk of that subject all day.

Well my dad was abusive and I became very withdrawn and afraid to express my emotions and had a hard continuing to trust people. Low self-esteems is def a sign, fear of being touched or approached. A change in habits like eating or sleeping or what they wear. Like I said being withdrawn or quiet. There are many websites to look at to help just type child abuse into google.

salinesalt is right. those are the symptoms trust me on this on this one. They could be abused and it is likely. especially if how you explain the kids reaction to the mom is true. =[ aww poor kids that sux

hope that helped.

How about calling the child abuse hotline and getting those poor kids out of such a horrible situation. At least there would be some investigation involved. They definately seem to be abused. No doubt about it. I used to be scared of my dad as a child because he was abusive. I used to look down and not directly at people when they spoke to me. My self esteem was extremely low.