Girl Sues Her Own Mother
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl has filed a complaint for child abuse against her mother, whom she accused of hurting her physically and abusing her verbally. The alleged abuse pushed Joy to slash her wrist, hoping it would end her mother’s abuses. Mary, however, did not stop hurting Joy. (Sun.Star Cebu is withholding the names of the parties involved in compliance with Republic Act (RA) 7610, or the Anti-Child Abuse Law, which prohibits naming the victim and the accused.) 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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