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What Kids Can Do

Know your rights. Nobody, including
your parents, can:
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Anyone who does any of these things has a problem. They need
help.
Don't be afraid to ask for help. Don't believe anybody who says
something bad will happen if you talk. Things can only get better
than they are.
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These child abuse cases and stories straight
from the headlines of recent newspapers
can help to highlight how common child
abuse is so that everyone may be more
likely to report suspected child abuse and
neglect:
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eb. 2009  mother in Dallas, Texas, was charged with neglect
after her nine year old died from complications of diabetes after she failed
to help her manage her disease.

um ]  une 2008  mother in North Central Texas

has her three children taken away because of a case of Munchausen
syndrome by proxy.

um  an. 2009 Two parents in Dallas, Texas, were charged
with abusing their six month old infant so severely that he was in intensive
care and it was thought that he was not going to be able to recover.
um  an. 2009  mother's boyfriend was charged with the
death of her six year old son.

um  Dec. 2008  father was charged with the death of his
three month old infant who was found unresponsive, with bone fractures
and liver lacerations.
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eb. 2009  father in Lodi, California,
was charged with physical abuse after a school
employee noticed and reported burns on a six year old
student, which were thought to have been inflicted by a
clothes iron. She had also been beaten with a stick and
her mother was charged with child endangerment.

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eb. 2009  mother and her live in

boyfriend in anesville, Wisconsin, were charged with
abuse after repeatedly hitting her three year old
daughter to the point that she required emergency
brain surgery.
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eb. 2009 The boyfriend of a child's
mother in Wilmington, Delaware, hit and killed a 16 month
old girl because she wouldn't stop crying.

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eb. 2009  nine year old was beaten by

his mother's boyfriend in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

um  an. 2009 n
all River, Massachusetts, a

mother was charged with burning her four year old foster
son with a curling iron, causing third degree burns that
required skin graft surgery.
Unfortunately, many more cases of child abuse go
unreported.