Measures To Check Rising Crimes Against Children »
Posted By WikiMap 11 months ago in News
It is a matter of shame and distress that crimes against children are constantly on the rise. Child abuse has become so common today that it is hardly reported.
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WikiMap11 months ago
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Child abuse has become so common today all over the world. Article not deals with statistics but provides measures to prevent crimes against children. Prevention is better than cure. Most abuse can be prevented with proper guidance by the parents to their children.
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jordan1111 months ago
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Here's a start; http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childabuse.html
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CHAM11 months ago
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One of the most damaging things that can happen to a child is for their parents to end their marriage in divorce. When my Grandson graduated from the University he wrote a paper on the children of divorce. I helped him with the research and still have his Power Point summary on my Computer.
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About any category you can imagine reveals a damage to the child. As an example child abuse is most prevalent to the child when a divorced mother has the children and has a live in boy friend. The statistic quoted in his paper shows that those children are 73 times more likely to suffer abuse than a child who lives within a standard family ( mother and father together since marriage ). Yes there are exceptions, but nevertheless the numbers show the dark side of divorce.
We need to encourage families to resolve that raising their children in a loving home is the prime function of parents.-
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lvrofwolves11 months ago
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I don't agree with your comment CHAM, some kids are very happy their parents divorce, especially if one of the parents are abusive. And many parents actually become better parents after the split, the parents concentrate more on the children instead of their own marriage issues and some kids get much needed counseling afterwards. Divorce doesn't have to have such a dark side for children if the parents truly care for their kids, and if they don't care, staying together or splitting up won't make much difference.
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There should be 0 tolerance for abuse against children, and if convicted of a crime, I expect max punishment of the law.
IMO there needs to be much more education on parenting, I thought this one show called 'The baby borrowers' was excellent, made those teens really think about making a decision to have children. There's just too many people having children that really shouldn't be parents. -
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jordan1111 months ago
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One of the most damaging things that can happen to a child is for their parents to end their marriage in divorce.>>>>
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As compared to what? Surely you don't assume that not getting a divorce is better for children in all circumstances. That dirty little secret of spousal abuse get past your granson's statistics, did it? It simply isn't possible to make an objective determination on what's best for children with a sweeping comment that divorce isn't in the best interest of children. Each family comes with its own unique set of circumstances, and it certainly doesn't help their problems by dumping a broad guilt trip on a parent by saying "One of the most damaging thing that can happen to a child" etc etc. -
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Pecossam10 months, 4 weeks ago
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Hello, CHAM!
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You hit the proverbial nail on the head with the statistics on step-parent child abuse. And in order to prevent this I would go so far as to have our society totally re-evaluate so-called "NO FAULT DIVORCE", for when CHILDREN are involved, SOMEONE IS AT FAULT, if divorce is required. I knew as a child since the age of four the damage caused when my parents divorced, and the negative impact it had on my older Sister and Brother. I add to that the fact of my first wife regretting her divorcing me so much she tried to get me back later, and she directly blamed the ease and alacrity with which the whole California procedure was accomplished. Arkansas law totally "blew my mind", in that ADULTARY CANNOT be considered when deciding who the better custodial parent would be. Sure, let us by all means leave MORALS out of the picture, for that calls for a dreaded JUDGEMENT, something which is anathema to our modern, progressive, and morally-relativistic society; whose mantra seems to be, "The heck with the children, it's about what makes ME happy!", along with the whole misguided concept of instant gratification, at the expense of one's children.
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tkyrchncs11 months ago
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Wow. Where to start.
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Most child abuse is done BY PARENTS.
Spanking, previously regarded as sacred duty, is now child abuse.
Teaching your child to trust no one is dastardly.
Children are not as fragile as most would have us believe. Nearly EVERYONE experiences some abuse as a child, and most of us grow up normal, without any counseling.
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shrshnl11 months ago
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My children are from a divorced family and have alot of children themselves that they would never ever think of hurting in any way shape or form, where did you get your facts, also my dayghter was a teen mom and a good one at that.
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Spratz11 months ago
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I don't know if child abuse has actually increased or if it's more out in the open. Years ago kids were getting abused and it was pretty acceptible behavior. I can remember many of my friends getting hit with belts and fly swatters by their parents and even coat hangers. We never thought that it was abuse,but it was. My own mother slapped us when we got out of line. I never considered her abusive. Although when raising my own children I didn't use physical punishment because I remember how I felt as a kid when I did get a good slap.
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The clergy was mentioned in another post. How many kids have gotten abused and never said a word to anyone because priests were held on such high regard by society ? Even with the hundreds that have come forward in recent years,how many victims have remained silent ?
Laws finally got put in place to help prevent child abuse and hopefully they are helping. But I think the most important thing that a parent can do is to communicate with their children and make sure that they feel secure enough to come to you if they have any reservations about being around any adult whether it be a teacher,neighbor,family member etc.. -
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upstatepiano10 months, 4 weeks ago
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Spratz, I would have to concur complete. It's the amount of reporting that is increasing. To act like suddenly children are the victims when they have been all along. If you read any books by Alice Miller (brilliant German child psychologist) you will understand that many aspects of a child's (our) early years are abusive. The fact that American families consider it a failure of some sort to live with their parents, (grandparents, parents, and children) and or that if you stay in your home town you're somehow a loser. That is probably more the issue. Connected families that support, feed, monitor and participate in the group making healthy children, healthy families and probably healthier communities. It may be that the Native Americans who lived for 10000 years on these shores and we're barely making 250, may have been right all along. I would suggest paying attention to immigrant families as well. We mock them for multiple generations under one roof, but they are loving caring families who support one another. Abuse is the fault of society, not the perpetrator.
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CHAM10 months, 4 weeks ago
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I think most of you missed my point. The statistic came from Government files on abuse of children. The data was run on a data mining format ( cross - tabs ) that compares cause and effect among other things. The program runs correlations of variables. So the data isn't mine or my Grandsons, it is straight out of the Government files. Whether or not you agree with it is of no difference. The data is what it is.
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Also you must have missed the statement that I made that there are exceptions. But the data at the time revealed that a child living with a divorced mother and her live in boyfriend is in much greater danger of suffering abuse than a child living in a traditional family.
I only mentioned one statistic. Here are a couple of others. The child of divorce is much less likely to gain the level of education of the Traditional family child, is also much more likely to become a juvenile delinquent, take drugs, and as you might expect, marry younger, more likely to get a divorce, and will earn much less lifetime than a child who does not go thru a divorced home.
These statistics came from government figures. If you would like to check them yourselves go to the nearest college and get them to show you how to access the Government reports and use the cross-tabs ( they might have gotten better statistical software by now, our research was several years ago).
So if you know an individual, or have a member of the family, that has had great success coming from a divorced home, that's great, but it is not the norm. -
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makato10310010 months, 4 weeks ago
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Why bother in reporting child abuse or animal abuse, read what happened in Tn. When you do try to report "what you think is child abuse and neglect" the state says it not. So why even bother reporting it. My friend call the Tn. Child services to report that a house she had visited the parents were smokeing illegal drugs. The state replied as long as the child was taken care of by means of clothing and food then he was not in danger. So therefore it is legal in Tn to smoke a joint in front of a 4 yr old. She also seen them shoot a domestic dog, she call the local sheriff's department, and they said it was legal as long as the dog was on their property. So my advice to anyone that lives in tenn, if you see anything wrong don't waste your breath reporting it.
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CHAM10 months, 4 weeks ago
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Everyone take a deep breath and listen carefully. What I reported was data that exists. If you don't believe the data and don't want to research for yourself, so be it.
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What I reported was Government data concerning the effect of divorce on a child.
And if I recall correctly I suggested that married people ought to think about their children before they create the atmosphere that foments divorce and harms children. The children believe in their parents. That is all they have. What I suggested is that married people should provide a loving home for the children.
What I have reported is data collected for years on the children who have gone through divorce and the outcome.-
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GehlLady10 months, 4 weeks ago
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I've seen some of the data, I agree with you. That's also why I mentioned the negligence, single parent homes too often have children home alone due to work, not enough time or energy after work for the support and help a child needs to succeed. Dating can take more awareness and attention away from the kids, and as the statistics show, the wrong choices in a new boyfriend (or less often, girlfriend) can be tragic.
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