Unfortunately, while the mainstream news is featuring the latest celebrity break-up, fiscal crisis or story about the war, the United States has quietly taken the top spot among industrialized nations when it comes to child abuse related deaths. Approximately 80% of the children that die from abuse are under the age of 4. This is unacceptable! Have we become so desensitized to violence that we are subconsciously as a society, devaluing the lives of our most precious gifts?
Here are a few cold hard facts about child abuse that not many people are aware of:
- For every crime a child predator is convicted of, there are on average, eight others that they get away with. And over ninety percent of predators will re-offend at some point, but only three percent will be caught again because they've gotten smarter!
- 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 7 boys will be a victim of child abuse or neglect before their 18th birthday.
- A child abuse report is made every ten seconds in this country.
- 90% of child sexual abuse victims know their attacker through a prior association (family, friends, service repair people, coaches, teachers, etc.)
- Unexplained burns, cuts, bruises, bite marks or welts
- Inappropriate interest or knowledge of sexual acts
- Sudden nightmares or bed wetting
- Depression, loss of appetite, fear or particular people or places
- Inability to concentrate, trouble in school, hostility
- Dirty, extreme hunger, unsuitable clothing and lack of supervision
Remember - "If you fail to plan, Plan to fail!"
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