Child Abuse in America
Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Every year 3.3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving nearly 6 million children (a report can include multiple children).

The United States has the worst record in the industrialized nation –losing five children every day due to abuse-related deaths.

General Statistics report of child abuse is made every ten seconds
*More than five children die every day as a result of child abuse.
Approximately 80% of children that die from abuse are under the age of 4.

It is estimated that between 50-60% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates.
More than 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some way.

Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.
About 30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children, continuing the horrible cycle of abuse.
About 80% of 21 year olds that were abused as children met criteria for at least one psychological disorder.
The estimated annual cost of child abuse and neglect in the United States for 2008 is $124 billion.


Child Abuse & Criminal Behavior14% of all men in prison in the USA were abused as children.
36% of all women in prison were abused as children.
Children who experience child abuse & neglect are 59% more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28% more likely to be arrested as an adult, and 30% more likely to commit violent crime.


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Yes, child abuse is horrible anywhere...

So, are you offering or proposing any solutions, or posting this for the sake of emphasizing how screwed up America is in general?

What about the 3600 children murdered everyday in this country by abortion, under the guise of "choice" and subsidized by a government who uses our tax dollars to do that?

I propose and offer advice to people that they not have children, if they are going to abuse them. Those who abort a child will have to be judged by the Almighty God. I am against abortion.

Many people post articles on these Forums. For those who would like to read them. If you have a problem with that ...get over it!!!!!

I have no "problem" with anything...perhaps you should not be surprised when people respond to what you write and publish here...it is after all...a "forum."

Even better, it might be a worthwhile exercise to examine why you feel the need to be so angry and defensive to someone on the internet you have never met...unless of course, you think there is something special about you that gives you the right.

resources for parents would be helpful,, as it is, we as a community, leave parents out on their own far too often

and in a structure that so often requires both parents to hold down jobs,,,the balance of being a competitive employer and being the perfect parent can be stressful to say the least\

add to that the very casual attitude towards sex and its potential circumstances by so many that are really only thinking in the moment and not prepared for the unselfish type of existence required of a parent

add to that the very casual attitude people have about commitment to each other and the children their actions produce which results in so many fatherless/motherless homes that leave one parent to do the job of two,,,


add to that , a lack of control or patience that afflicts so many people who have become accustomed to such an 'instant' culture,,,,,

alot of mental conditioning resulting from the culture, that could stand to be looked at,,,

I think you are talking about Yourself here.