Michael Reagan: What To Do When A Child Is Abused
Don’t Be an Enabler — When a Child Is Abused, Here’s What to Do
By Michael Reagan
Published November 10, 2011
| FoxNews.com
Michael Reagan: “The reason I tell you all this? Because, I was once that boy.”
Allegations of child sexual abuse by a former assistant football coach at Penn State University have dominated the news this week. On Wednesday legendary football coach Joe Paterno released a statement in which he said, “With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.” How lame is that, coach? Would you have accepted that excuse from one of your players? “With the benefit of hindsight, coach, I wish I had run the route we rehearsed a thousand times in practice.” See how stupid that sounds? It doesn’t take “hindsight” to know that when some monster is raping children in your locker room, you call the police. 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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attorney Harris County Says:
Many children are being abused and among the reasons why this is happening is because they do not know their rights as well as how they can protect themselves. They need all the support they can get to make them feel safe and for them to speak out for the abuse that they have encountered.
Posted on January 18th, 2012 at 4:13 am
DWI Harris County Says:
It is very sad to note that there are a lot of children who are victims of all kinds of abuse. When this happens, it is helpful to know their rights especially when a case is filed against the offender. These victims need to be protected in order for them to cope with this tragic incident.
Posted on April 13th, 2012 at 7:19 am