{"id":1244,"date":"2012-10-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2012-10-02T12:19:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T19:19:18","slug":"serious-child-abuse-its-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/serious-child-abuse-its-on-the-rise","title":{"rendered":"Serious Child Abuse: It&#8217;s On The Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"child_hands\" border=\"2\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/parenting201\/wp-content\/uploads\/child_hands.gif\" width=\"300\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>Serious child abuse is on the rise!<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">While many reports about child abuse show that it has declined over time, one recent study looked at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/10\/02\/child-abuse-injuries_n_1932355.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">serious child abuse<\/a>&#8230;abuse where there are fractures and brain injuries and found that there was a slight increase of about 5%.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Before you think or say 5% is not such a major increase &#8211; ANY increase in child abuse is too much! <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">And the study also found that <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/10\/02\/child-abuse-injuries_n_1932355.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hospitalizations among children less than 1 year old increased 10.9 percent&#8230;.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">[The data used was from between 1997 and 2009 &#8211; so we do not have more recent similar statistics.]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In the past I worked in the field of Child Abuse and Neglect, both as a Psychologist and as an Attorney,&nbsp; and it is not a pleasant field and one where all those who worked in it, fervently wished ourselves out of business&#8230;.. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Seeing infants hurt by parents and caretakers <\/span><\/span>&#8211; <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">often for what most would consider trivial reason is not pleasant.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">My happiest moments came when parents gave up the rights to their abused children and they were adopted by loving families.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">This abuse is an issue we all need to be aware of and work at stopping!!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Thoughts? Comments? Thank you&#8230;.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serious child abuse is on the rise! &nbsp; While many reports about child abuse show that it has declined over time, one recent study looked at serious child abuse&#8230;abuse where there are fractures and brain injuries and found that there was a slight increase of about 5%. 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