Who’s Watching the People Who Watch our Children?
On January - 16 - 2012
How safe are the people in whose care parents leave their children, and have those people had proper criminal background checks? The recent case involving a Pocono Summit karate instructor charged with raping a 12-year-old female student raises those questions. “Prospective employees applying to engage in occupations with a significant likelihood of regular contact with children, in the form of care, guidance, supervision or training, must obtain background checks as a condition of employment,” according to the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. READ MORE HERE
Who do you call?
If you suspect a child is being physically or sexually abused, you can call:
- The Childhelp national child abuse hotline, 1-800-422-4453.
- The ChildLine national hotline, 1-800-932-0313.
- The national sexual assault hotline, 1-800-656-4673.
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.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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