Some of the best articles on child abuse, prevention of child abuse, comes from the Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute.

Now that we are into the summer, you should know reports of child abuse drop in this season. What I also want you to know is that the reports drop because kids are not around the professionals such as teachers and medical personnel that are madated to report the cases and indicators of an abused child that they see each day during the school year.

Does this affect you and your family?

Yes.

Did you know that most children who are sexually abused, are abused by a family member or close friend? Did you know that “stranger danger,” by comparison, is quite rare?

If you are an ordinary person in an ordinary family, you have the most power of anybody to save the children around you. Every time you tell your sister or your husband or your friend a fact about what causes child molestation, every time you tell them what we can do now to stop it, you build a stronger safety net for every child.

Facts are powerful. Education is the key to stopping child abuse. www.childmolestationprevention.org. Check out the Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute for yourself. Good people.

April Is National Child Abuse Awareness Month
Every 10 seconds in the United States there is a report of child abuse is made. By the time you finished that sentence another one, on average, was made again. This upsets us greatly. Its the cases that aren’t reported that bother us, too. An estimated 3 million cases of child abuse are reported every year. How many are not?

Sobering. While so many of us parents are striving to give our little ones love and affection and working to meet all their needs and more, countless children are left to wonder what they did to deserve their bruises and emotional scars. Its true, the children believe it is their fault they are abused.

Instead of looking the other way, we need to face the issue head on. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.Become aware. Become educated. and the www.cdc.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the federal www.acf.dhhs.gov. Administration for Children and Families intend to increase awareness of the issue while encouraging the support of children and families in need.

Child abuse prevention takes a quantum leap forward. There is an interesting theory today from a researcher in Montreal that is a big step in child abuse prevention. He thinks one of the best ways to prevent child abuse is through directly going to the community for awareness and support, not directly the parents.

Combating mistreatment of children is more effective at the grassroots level, not in the family. Things like summer camps for high-risk kids are absolutely critical in combating child abuse than family education programs.

Most child abuse, because of the reporting system, is pushed toward thinking the best thing to do is involve the authorities. Reporting has to happen, but what comes with that often is turning our backs on the problem. There’s not much the authorities can do without support from the community. Fascinating.

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