A woman has been charged with child abuse after she spanked two children so badly that they couldn’t attend school for three days. Megan Elizabeth Shipman, 22, used a belt to spank the 4-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl as punishment for taking $100 from their home. One of the children showed a teacher the bruises six days after the beating and the teacher contacted the Department of Human Services. READ MORE HERE
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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