In a report from 1997 from the CDC , the United States had the highest number of child homicide, suicide, and firearms-related deaths of 26 developed countries; of course, children have been abused all through history, and some believe we are just beginning to face the true prevalence and significance of child abuse, others worry that many people have become obsessed with child abuse and deny personal responsibility for their problems. I believe child abuse is inflicted by mentally ill perpetrators ( men or women) regardless of race, age, and social status. When adults use their power over children to subjugate, control, and take on other roles but protector, they have crossed a threshold of conscience right and wrong, thus leading to mental illness. Otherwise, how can one justify inhuman tortures inflicted on harmless infants or children? The other big problem in our society is the bureaucracy surrounding the agencies responsible for protecting children. Overloaded by many cas
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." Martin Luther King Jr.