Your body, frail and fragile, gives up. You succumb to the pain, dropping to your knees and then your stomach. Your body instantly curls into a ball. You huddle in a fetal position, letting the sobs sniffle their way out. You ask yourself over and over.
Child abuse is one of America's hidden killers.
One out of every four females is sexually abused by the time she is 18. One in seven males suffers the same fate. Over 2000 children die each year from this abuse. They are beaten, bruised, prayed upon. In some cases, the abuse isn't physical or sexual, but mental and verbal.