Society condones the use of corporal punishment on children. An abused child must be close to death before child protection agencies step in. Our schools, families, and justice systems are hungry for punishing delinquent children, not for healing and understanding them. Sentences for those who commit crimes against children are usually smaller and more lenient than sentences for crimes against adults. Sexual abuse against a child that doesn t involve genital contact, such as sexualized kissing, is discounted and not viewed legally as sexual abuse.
Child pornography is displayed, bought and sold on the Internet.
Society allows burn-out teachers and teachers who have no interest or tolerance for children to teach in our schools. Society allows teachers to teach without mandatory classes on child abuse. Society allows parents and teachers to control a child s bodily functions. Society brings our children up on violence and hatred, only to turn around and punish them when they fulfil the roles handed down to them. The needs of children are dismissed and overlooked.