The answer according to Dr Joel Akande of http://www.myeexpert.com, is simply that the abuser lacks insight into the value of the child. If you appreciate a thing say your car or your gold, you will...
Unfortunately their are a number of reasons that people do the things that they do. Even if they do not make sense or are harmful or hurtful to people around them. In many cases it is a vicious cycle...
Does a person ever recover from child abuse? You will never not have been abused. You will always be different from how you would have matured without the abuse. But - you can end up being stronger...