Do Something

The youngest children are the most abused. They don't have a voice of their own, so it's our responsibility as

 a society to BE that voice. Don't apologize for doing the right thing, in a situation where a child is in danger. 

 Bad things happen when someone chooses to look the other way.

 Just Some Facts

• In 2008, one out of every 601.4 children were victims of physical abuse, with parents of victims accounting for almost 80.1% of abusers.  

• 2.34 children out of 100,000 die from injuries relating to their abuse, with 80.8% of deaths occurring in children under four years old. 

• For every incident of child abuse or neglect that gets reported, it’s estimated that two others go unreported. 

• Neglect is by far the most common form of child abuse, accounting for more than 78% of all cases. 

• Physical abuse accounts for 17.8% of documented child abuse cases each year. 

• A fourth of all girls and a sixth of boys are sexually abused by an adult before the age of 17. 

• 8 out of 10 sexual abusers are someone in the family or someone the child knows. 

• Every month, at least 100 babies are born to drug-using mothers. 

• Of kids who have a parent who uses drugs, one in 13 is physically abused regularly. 

• Abused children are more likely to abuse alcohol and become addicted to drugs, and one third will later abuse their own children. 

• Of all prison inmates, 84% were abused as children. 

Source: Do Something