The breakdown of parent-child relationship is closely linked to a host of critical social issues - poverty and income, overall child well-being, out-of-wedlock births, crime, father absenteeism, health issues, education, child welfare, and risky behavior. If more children were raised by parents with effective parenting skills, we would see a significant reduction in a host of social problems afflicting children in the United States, from school failure and crime to child abuse and neglect. As a matter of fact:
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45% of the perpretators were women. 34.5% were men both under age 30.
56.5% of child abuse and neglect perpetrators were women. 42.4% were men.
794,000 children ages of 0-17 were abused and neglected in 2007.
79.9% of the 800,000 cases of child abuse and neglect reported to DCF was due to parental abuse and neglect.
Children in Crisis
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3.2 million cases of child abuse and neglect was investigated by U.S. state and local child protective services (CPS) in 2007 |
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More than 510, 000 children are in foster care, more than 11,500 in Indiana |
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Teen pregnancy, after years of decline, is on the arise again |
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Youth crimes, incarcerations, and reentry into the system are at an all time high |
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Student dropout rate through abating in sections of the country are on the increase in others |
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Between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run away from home in a year |
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