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Why are child-abuse cases increasing?
Montgomery County and Clark County report sharp increases in child-abuse cases this year. What do you think is behind this?
JEREMY ELLIS, Huber Heights: I worked in youth ministry and the juvenile delinquency realm, and I found that a lot of kids abuse the child-abuse call lines. But then some parents are more stressed and don’t want to deal with their kids; it’s easier to get angry.
JOHNNY MATHEWS, Dayton: Drugs are a factor. And people are frustrated. What adds to the frustration is job loss. But it’s not right to take it out on the child. Sometimes I see young women with young kids, making them carry their groceries when they can barely walk. It’s not right. Love that child; do right with that child.
DONA HYLL, Dayton: Maybe it’s the economy — people are losing their jobs, which is making them upset, and they’re taking it out on the kids.
EILEEN BIRCH, Huber Heights: Probably the bad economy is contributing to people’s frustrations and their inability to control their reactions.
KAREN CARTER, Dayton: I think that when the economy is the way it has been for the past year, these parents are frustrated, and, unfortunately, they take it out on the littlest ones.
SHARI HAWTHORNE, Huber Heights: The economy. People are stressed out.
SHAWN PLESSINGER, Huber Heights: Drinking. The economy stresses people out, so they try to relax by drinking, and then the anxiety comes to the surface and they take it out on their kids.
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November 2, 2009 11:08 AM | Link to this
Part of the issue is that when we were children, what is now referred to as “abuse” was then referred to as “Parenting.”