Since in most cases abuse happens within a family, it often stays undiscovered for a long time. However, child abuse and neglect are not problems on a family basis, but rather significant social problems on a global scale. The mindset about children and the way of parenting have changed throughout the history and child abuse and neglect have been strongly prohibited in the contemporary society by the means of international and national documents. Different types of child abuse and neglect can have dangerous and fatal consequences that can impact a child’s physical and psychological development. Considering the identification of intergenerational transmission of abuse, it is necessary to raise awareness among the public about the harmful consequences that child abuse and neglect cause and to recognize their symptoms. Therefore, preventive strategies of child abuse and neglect, as well as implementing preventive activities, are used as protective factors that preserve children from abuse and neglect. Except for the fact that abuse and neglect happen in a social isolation, abuse and neglect recognition is a complicated process due to the problem that not all types of abuse and neglect are physically visible. An important role in recognition and prevention have the experts of the educational institutions who should undergo additional training in the purpose of acquiring further knowledge about the recognition and prevention. The key factor in preventing child abuse is the cooperation of the experts and their better correlation. The same amount of engagement and participation of all the participants in the process of providing help to abused children will have a positive outcome much earlier than any individual effort.