Any kind of secret touching is against the law. The next day the child has a bruise or black eye. Any child may be victimized. Generally, the abuser is a caretaker. A caretaker can be a parent, stepparent, relative or baby-sitter.
Child abuse happens often.
It's estimated that as many as a million cases of abuse and neglect happen each year. Injuries inflicted in childhood may result in permanent crippling, deformity. Parents who habitually abuse their children may very well end up killing them. Hundreds of such cases happen every year in the United States. We know that child abuse is a symptom that can be treated successfully, eased, prevented or the cause cured.