“It Shouldn't Hurt To Be A Child”: A Case Series on Battered Child Syndrome

Battered child syndrome is a well known entity with many names like battered baby syndrome, shaken baby syndrome, child abuse syndrome, Caffey's syndrome, etc. But when that silent child presents at our doorstep, do we really recognise the many faces of battery before it pushes the child to his grave?

The battered child syndrome is ubiquitous, yet under-diagnosed and a sparsely reported phenomenon in India, where corporal punishment is common and its severity, unchecked. This report brings forth the cruelty in five such cases of battered child syndrome.