![]() The majority of children who die as a result of this abuse are under the age of five. It can have a serious impact on long-term health and public safety, and is spread from generation to generation, family to family.Īccording to recent statistics, seven million American children a year are abused and neglected. It impacts schools and a child's ability to learn. ![]() Family violence, learned at home, spreads out into all facets of everyday life, all over our country. Additionally, when the mistreatment of children was addressed during that time, it was seen as a problem predominately associated with the economically disadvantaged and not as impacting a larger group of people. How do you feel that this issue has evolved, or not, in the years since?īefore the publication of Mommie Dearest, there was no meaningful public conversation about child abuse, family violence, or abuse by clergy or coaches. ![]() Mommie Dearest brought awareness to and opened up the conversation about child abuse in the late 1970s. ![]()
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