There are classes and months and groups devoted to this topic. But when it comes right down to facts, there is no Mr. Everyman way of preventing child abuse.
You can see it, hear it, feel it in the air around the child at risk, but there is not anything a bystander can do. If you call the authorities, you will be grilled and questioned and examined, while the child is still being called names, smacked around, and neglected. You have to be able to prove that there is abuse or negligence that leads to abuse. It does no good to "prevent child abuse" unless you have an abused child to show the authorities. Bruises. Burns. Brain injuries.
How many children have had their brightness dimmed because the laws do not allow "Child abuse Prevention"?
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