With all the recent info and stats on the devastating effects of the covid "vaccine" over the last year or so I thought it necessary to also include the stats and consequences of child abuse, particularly in the home.
As per statistics by ChildWelfare.gov https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubpdfs/long_term_consequences.pdf
Long-Term Consequences of
Child Abuse and Neglect
Aside from the immediate physical injuries children can experience through maltreatment, a child’s reactions to abuse or neglect can have lifelong and even intergenerational impacts. Childhood maltreatment can be linked to later physical, psychological, and behavioral consequences as well as costs to society as a whole. These consequences may be independent of each other, but they also may be interrelated.
For example, abuse or neglect may stunt physical development of the child’s brain and lead to psychological problems, such as low self-esteem, which could later lead to high-risk behaviors, such as substance use. The outcomes for each child may vary widely and are affected by a combination of factors, including the child’s age and developmental status when the maltreatment occurred; the type, frequency, duration, and severity of the maltreatment; and the relationship between the child and the perpetrator.
Additionally, children who experience maltreatment often are affected by other adverse experiences (e.g., parental substance use, domestic violence, poverty), which can make it difficult to separate the unique effects of maltreatment
(Rosen, Handley, Cicchetti, & Rogosch, 2018).
https://www.childwelfare.govLong-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect2
This factsheet explains the long-term physical,
psychological, behavioral, and societal consequences of child abuse and neglect and provides an overview of
adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). It also discusses the importance of prevention and interventionefforts and promoting protective relationships and environments.
Physical Health Consequences
Some long-term physical effects of abuse or neglect may occur immediately (e.g., brain damage caused by head trauma), but others can take months or years to emerge or be detectable. There is a straightforward link between physical abuse and physical health, but it is also important to recognize that maltreatment of any type can cause long-term physical consequences.
Childhood maltreatment has been linked to higher risk for a wide range of long-term and/or future health problems, including—but not limited to—the following (Widom, Czaja, Bentley, & Johnson, 2012; Monnat & Chandler, 2015; Afifi et al., 2016):
Diabetes
Lung disease
Malnutrition
Vision problems
Functional limitations (i.e., being limited in activities)
Heart attack
Arthritis
Back problems
High blood pressure
Brain damage
Migraine headaches
Chronic bronchitis/emphysema/chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease
Cancer
Stroke
Bowel disease
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Child abuse and neglect also has been associated with certain regions of the brain failing to form, function, or grow properly. For example, a history of maltreatment may be correlated with reduced volume in overall brain size and may affect the size and/or functioning of the following brain regions (Bick & Nelson, 2016):
The amygdala, which is key to processing emotions
The hippocampus, which is central to learning and memory
The orbitofrontal cortex, which is responsible for reinforcement-based decision-making and emotion regulation
The cerebellum, which helps coordinate motor behavior and executive functioning
The corpus callosum, which is responsible for left brain/right brain communication and other processes
(e.g., arousal, emotion, higher cognitive abilities)
According to CHILD HELP, https://www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/ A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds in the United States.
More than 70% of the children who died as a result of child abuse or neglect were three years of age or younger. Around 80% of child maltreatment fatalities involve at least one parent as perpetrator.1
WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND TURNING TO CITY OR STATE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO "REMEDY" THE EPIDEMIC OF CHILD ABUSE IN THE US?
I refer to the Docu-series on Netflix - The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
https://www.thewrap.com/trials-of-gabriel-fernandez-most-shocking-details-netflix-documentary/
and the book by the attorney Daniel Hatch, THE POVERTY INDUSTRY
https://nyupress.org/9781479874729/the-poverty-industry/
The shocking truth about how state governments and their private industry partners are profiting from the social programs meant to support disadvantaged Americans
Government aid doesn’t always go where it’s supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused and neglected children. States and their revenue consultants use illusory schemes to siphon Medicaid funds intended for children and the poor into general state coffers.
Child support payments for foster children and families on public assistance are converted into government revenue. And the poverty industry keeps expanding, leaving us with nursing homes and juvenile detention centers that sedate residents to reduce costs and maximize profit, local governments buying nursing homes to take the facilities’ federal aid while the elderly languish with poor care, and counties hiring companies to mine the poor for additional funds in modern day debtor’s prisons.
Thanks for taking on this subject.
Yup. All over l.a i can see the effects of abuse and mental health issues.