Shame on me, shame on you

The 2011 year is set for a bumper crop, we’re not talking apples or kiwifruit but rather the continuing rise is cases of child abuse.

TVOne obtained some shocking figures, including:

• 3596 new active child abuse cases
• 2521 open cases from last year
• 124,921 notifications of abuse to CYF

These figures stand alone to condemn New Zealand of neglecting its children. There may be argument for the increase number due to a more observant public but still it is most disappointing. There needs to be another call for families to LOVE their children.

Are our children so unloved by those charged by their own biology to care for them? What are the factors within the different areas of society that leads to such abuse?

There is no silver bullet that is going to solve this issue overnight but it would be encouraging to see some positive change reflected in the statistics. 
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