Is the U.S. coronavirus lockdown hiding a surge in child abuse?

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Preliminary data shows reports of child abuse around the U.S. have plunged during the pandemic. Experts fear the amount of abuse has actually risen.

Two days later, Amari became the fourth child to die of abuse in Fort Worth this year, a city that police say sees an average of two such cases in a year. The hospital that treated him said nine children were admitted for abuse-related injuries between March 17 and the days following Amari’s death.

Amari’s death was ruled a homicide, but his case is still under investigation and no arrests have been made. His grandmother, Kiceshi Iaymon, blames his foster parents for Amari’s death, but they deny harming him. Deondrick Foley, one of his caregivers, said he doesn’t know how Amari was injured. Foley said he saw the injuries after picking Amari up from daycare, and then took him to the hospital.

Investigations into maltreatment can take months, meaning agencies don’t yet have complete data on how many substantiated cases of abuse occurred this spring, even for cases that were reported.The lack of information surrounding abuse and neglect during the pandemic adds urgency to what experts called a ‘paradigm shift’ happening in the child welfare field: shifting resources away from intervention and more toward prevention.

Implementation of the Family First legislation is still in its early phases, and not all prevention programs are With the pandemic putting agencies at risk of tightening their budgets, line items that are not reimbursable by the federal government are usually the first to go, Olender said, which is why it’s so important for federal funds to be available for prevention programs.

 

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Epstein Just Vanished & They Took 2000 Years To Grab Maxwell ( After The Clone Was Ready🙄🙄 ) We Are Going To Be Played Again. They Don't Protect! They Rape & Abuse Children & The So Called Church Is A Great Part Of This Global Coordinated Effort! Embassy / Church= Corruption.

Horsefeathers! More like doubled or tripled! With all the worry, tension, fear, and uncertainty in today's world, anxiety and anger are quick to rise in enclosed spaces. And the children shall suffer.

I'd be interested in seeing the numbers of founded cases over the same time periods.

Sounds like a case for reopening schools

Locking children in cages is child abuse. We know who does that.

Unfortunately this is true in NZ too especially over lockdown. The children are stuck in close proximity with their abusers having no break at school, that coupled with money hardships caused by the covid19. It effects the vulnerable first.

you mean during local and state executives' liberty stealing orders?

This is another tragic example of how ineffective lockdowns are causing more harm than good. We need to be strategic in our fight against Covid19 in order to prevent the cure from being worse than the cause.

Don't even need to read this story. Common sense tells us the amount of abuse has increased while the amount of reports have decreased - children lack a venue to present signs of abuse. Abusive/out of work adults are home with them more.

Duh!! Common sense.

The numbers are probably low due to the fact that the children don’t have contact with typical professional reporters of abuse.

Being confined in homes with abusers themselves potentially... This is real & needs to be addressed. By family support groups within local circles. Teachers, neighbors & friends & other family know the truth in many cases. Hardship & close spaces won't help it get better.

Child abusers suddenly becoming more patient due to closer and more frequent physical proximity to their kids doesn't make any sense.

Unfortunately the facts support an increase during such stressful and anxiety laden times.

One of the biggest things I am working on is bringing awareness to the amount of child abuse happening inside of the CPS system as Julia Ingram pointed out in this article. Could you please tell me who in Congress/senate is working on the “family first legislation”

But Democrats aborting the unborn continues......

Obviously it’s risen.

Tragic.

DoNt rE0PeN

Where there you have it.....even the experts don't believe it!!

Please people if you find a child alone or in distress man up a protective child. I honestly think child molestation pedophiles no prison time send them to execution.

Courtesy of the Democratic Party.

Like I said all the virus related stories are fake, distorted B.S.

pedogate2020

Another reason to open schools, how many kids won’t be returning to school under suspicious circumstances.

NBC and it's 'experts' LMAO 😂 😂

Child abuse is so sad. The trauma memories are always lurking. Monsters are real and can be right in your own house.

Well, Putin told Donnie and Donnie told his followers that they need to have schools open, but oh wait people said no fuck that not my kid but then again Donnie’s Children will send *their* kids to school ‘cause ‘Muerica and liberty and derpy derp derp derp

yeah they even abuse the childs in school, see that fucking mask mandate on them. fuck those that come up with this shit. they dont have any empathy, they are animals. no animals are better,.

Wonder if sending the kiddo to school has anything to with this. Oh wait, we arent and we are forcing people to stay home.

Kids have been the most screwed of anyone here. I'm shocked NBC would run a story that promotes opening schools. Did someone put an adult in the room?

That's one of the main reasons kids need to go back to school. Teachers notice black eyes

Yes.

To me the idea of allowing schools to be unsafe, where the solution is that parents can just elect to keep the children home, will just perpetuate this problem and make it worse SCHOOLS MUST BE MADE SAFE FOR ALL STUDENTS TO RETURN !!!!!!!!

News directors get a ca$h bonus each time 'experts' appears in a headline.

Another reason for schools to open. We are often the safe place for students who need intervention, counseling, or a mandated reporter.

No doubt

Another crime a little on the American media and its push for stupid quarentine. We shall remember.

Finally a worthwhile article and one of the MANY reasons why schools need to open.

They can't report it when they're locked down with their child or domestic abuser.

Human trafficking has been on the rise

Of course..who is going to report it

Abused children are epically, systemically failed during this. Theyre in hell. At least orphanages can be highly regulated. There's sub animals playing house with vulnerable kids and almost zero monitoring currently.

Probably. So end them.

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