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
