Sometimes you re concerned and don t know what to do. We feel worse when we see children yelled at, threatened or hit in public. We can only imagine what happens in private. But when we do nothing, collectively, as a community, we are putting 507 million Texas children s lives at risk. The unfortunate truth is many parents aren t prepared for the awesome responsibility of raising a child.
Some parents are still children themselves.
Almost 200,000 children were reported to CPS as alleged victims. And those are only the ones who are reported. If we re not a member of that family, it s tough to know what we can do to help the children we see stay safe and help their parents keep them that way. It s time to renew our communities involvement in our children s lives because keeping kids safe is everybody s business. After all, an individual s actions, or lack thereof, affect everyone in the community.