Sexual child abuse is running rampant. Parents, the Catholic Church, Orthodox Jews’ hierarchy, coaches, teachers, etc. For a nation where folks say, WE LOVE OUR KIDS & I’D DIE FOR MY KIDS, we as a nations aren’t living for them!
Here in the U.S. we give a lot of lip service to looking out and caring for children but the reality is different. Actions speak louder than words. Cut backs and under funding of federally mandated child related programs, like Head Start and No Child Left Behind for example, and cut backs in student money for college . But worse are the number of children that are coming out of households where rape, incest and child abuse has been a living reality. Millions of children have become adults to lead families that are directly or indirectly affected by this scourge. Throughout my life I’ve met and talked with kids and adults who had these mental, physical, and emotional battle scars to overcome. What makes my story intriguing is that I had no idea that my family had a direct connection to this abuse and an indirect one as well until…
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