During research for a recent sermon I discovered some frightening statistics about our children. It should break our hearts and demand better performance by our child protection agencies. Consider:
* A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds
* More than 5 children die everyday as a result of child abuse
* About 80 percent of abused children that die are under 4 years of age
* 50-60 percent of child deaths due to maltreatment are not reported as such on death certificates
* 90 percent of child abuse victims know their abuser
* Child abuse happens at all sociological, ethnic, cultural, all religions and levels of education
* 30 percent of abused and neglected children will later become abusers of their own children
* 80 percent of 21 year olds that were abused have at least one psychological disorder
* Estimated cost of child abuse and neglect 2007 is $104 billion
* 1/3 to 2/3 of child maltreatment involves substance abuse
* Parents who abuse alcohol and other drugs are 3 times more likely to abuse their children
* 2/3 of people in treatment for drug abused reported being abused or neglected as children
* 14 percent op all men in prison were abused
* 36 percent of all women who were abused as children are 59 percent more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28 percent more likely to be arrested as an adult, and 30 percent more likely to commit a violent crime
* 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys will be sexually abused
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