Please help stop child abuse and neglect.
Neglect - Feb. 2009 - A mother in Dallas, Texas, was charged with neglect after her nine-year-old died from complications of diabetes after she failed to help her manage her disease. Physical/Emotional Abuse - June 2008 - A mother in North Central Texas has her three children taken away because of a case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Physical Abuse - Jan. 2009 - Two parents in Dallas, Texas, were charged with abusing their six-month-old infant so severely that he was in intensive care and it was thought that he was not going to be able to recover. Physical Abuse - Jan. 2009 - A mother's boyfriend was charged with the death of her six-year-old son. Physical Abuse - Dec. 2008 - A father was charged with the death of his three-month-old infant who was found unresponsive, with bone fractures and liver lacerations. Physical Abuse - Feb. 2009 - A father in Lodi, California, was charged with physical abuse after a school employee noticed and reported burns on a six-year old student, which were thought to have been inflicted by a clothes iron. She had also been beaten with a stick and her mother was charged with child endangerment. Physical Abuse - Feb. 2009 - A mother and her live-in boyfriend in Janesville, Wisconsin, were charged with abuse after repeatedly hitting her three-year-old daughter to the point that she required emergency brain surgery. Physical Abuse - Feb. 2009 - The boyfriend of a child's mother in Wilmington, Delaware, hit and killed a 16-month old girl because she wouldn't stop crying. Physical Abuse - Feb. 2009 - A nine-year-old was beaten by his mother's boyfriend in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Physical Abuse - Jan. 2009 - In Fall River, Massachusetts, a mother was charged with burning her four-year-old foster son with a curling iron, causing third-degree burns that required skin graft surgery.
CHILD ABOUSE HOTLINE NUMBERS(BY STATE)
http://pediatrics.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=pediatrics&cdn=health&tm=152&gps=328_170_1020_539&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p726.5.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.childhelpusa.org/get_help/local-phone-numbers
SIGNS OF ABUSE:
Be aggressive, oppositional, or defiant Cower or demonstrate fear of adults Act out, displaying aggressive or disruptive behavior Be destructive to self or others Come to school too early or not want to leave school—indicating a possible fear of going home; Show fearlessness or extreme risk taking Be described as "accident prone" Cheat, steal, or lie (may be related to too high expectations at home) Be a low achiever (to learn, children must convert aggressive energy into learning; children in conflict may not be able to do so) Be unable to form good peer relationships Wear clothing that covers the body and that may be inappropriate in warmer months (be aware that this may be a cultural issue as well) Show regressive or less mature behavior Dislike or shrink from physical contact—may not tolerate physical praise such as a pat on the back)
All of this is real, and alot of this is never heard about. Over 80 percent of Child about cases are because of the parent and by the parent. We can't have this, we are supposed to love and protect our children. 