Cries For Help

Your neighbors seem like a nice family, you have no reason to think anything different. Until the day you see the children being removed from the home by the social worker. Later learning that the children had suffered abuse and neglect for years.

Children are suffering from a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. There are over 3 million reports of child abuse or neglect made each year. Although those reports may include more then 1 child per incident. In 209 there were over 3million reports and allegations made that involved more than 6 million children. A report is made every ten seconds…every ten seconds. There are currently at least 5 children that die every day due to abuse or neglect. It is estimated that between 50-60% of child fatalities are due to maltreatment and are NOT reported as such on death certificates.

On average 30% of children will grow up and repeat the cycle of abuse toward their children. Not only will they be more likely to abuse their children, but they are more likely to have mental disorders caused by trauma from their childhood. They also have a higher rate of having substance abuse problems and being involved in criminal activity.

They are being set up to fail from the very beginning, no chance at a normal loving life from the start. How has our world come to this? Aren’t we supposed to be more evolved and smarter than this? They are our leaders, teachers, and society of tomorrow. Why aren’t we doing more to help our children? Maybe we need to implement classes on parenting for children when they are in school. Maybe if they are caught at a young age and grow up being taught what being a parent is all about, they may just be more capable of raising a better genteration then we have.