Childhood trashed…According to Child Help (1-800-4-A-CHILD), a national organization purposed to prevent child abuse and maltreatment states:
•A 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 2007 is $104 billion.
CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE 1-800-4-A-CHILD
