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Abstract: Objective: To determine the impact of physical abuse on Behavior of School Age Children in Al-Najaf Al- Ashraf city and to find out association between the School age Children Behavior and their demographic characteristic (age, gender, Residence, educational level and parents' occupation) Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive approach was designed to meet the previously mentioned objectives of the current study the period of the study is from March 4/3/ 2016 to Apr 28/4/2016 April. Conclusion The majority of the study (95%) are the city center. Regarding with gender the results of majority of the study (80%) are the male. the age was nine above is (96.9%). Concerning of the family income was the barely sufficient (61.3%). This result study for father education and mother education the majority of the study (30.6%) are the graduate college or institute. And the seemingly of the study father occupation and mother occupation was the result together explained proportion highest the unemployed (58.8%) father occupation, and unemployed (78.1%) for the mother occupation. Recommendation: Educate parents through parenting workshops and other sources of information and encourage them to begin talking to their children about The study, dealing with others and respect for the teacher. Typically, school counselors and school psychologists provide such information. Learn how to communicate with children. Notice if there is a decline in a child’s performance in school, Abuse may affect all aspects of a child’s life, including their grades. Notice if there is an unexplained drop in a child’s attendance at school, Children may be unable to attend school due to bad behavior from their teacher or other child. You must provide a suitable study environment and give enough time to study. Early education for children and their entry to kindergartens to increase their level of scientific. The correlation between demographic characteristics and mean score of physical abuse not significant expect age and parent education are significant.