Child Deaths In the U.S.

Child Deaths In the U.S.

Who Are the Perpetrators?

Parents—acting alone or with another parent or individual—were responsible for 78 percent of child abuse or neglect fatalities. More than one-quarter (27 percent) of fatalities were perpetrated by the mother acting alone, 16.8 percent were perpetrated by the father acting alone, and 20.1 percent were perpetrated by the mother and father acting together. Nonparents (including kin and child care providers, among others) were responsible for 16.7 percent of child fatalities, and child fatalities with unknown perpetrator relationship data accounted for 5.3 percent of the total.

How Bad Is It?

Fatal child abuse may involve repeated abuse over a period of time, or it may involve a single, impulsive incident (e.g., drowning, suffocating, shaking a baby). In cases of fatal neglect, the child’s death does not result from anything the caregiver does; rather, it results from a caregiver’s failure to act. The neglect may be chronic (e.g., extended malnourishment) or acute (e.g., an infant who drowns after being left unsupervised in the bathtub).

74.6 percent of children who died from child maltreatment suffered neglect either alone or in combination with another maltreatment type, and 44.2 percent of children who died suffered physical abuse either alone or in combination with other maltreatment. Medical neglect either alone or in combination with another maltreatment type was reported in 5.7 percent of fatalities.

Summary

While the exact number of children affected is uncertain (reporting is erratic), child fatalities due to abuse or neglect remain a serious problem in the United States. Fatalities due to child maltreatment disproportionately affect young children and most often are caused by one or both of the child’s parents.

The 10 Myths of Socialism

The 10 Myths of Socialism

With the help of freedom-loving patriots from across the country, we must persuasively deliver the message that socialism is a failure to a whole generation of Americans who did not see the Wall come down and were not eye witnesses to the tyranny and oppression of socialism.

We must vigorously remind Americans that the free market system is the best way to create rewarding jobs and opportunity. Socialism is a bad idea. 

The passing of George Herbert Bush

The passing of George Herbert Bush

Like many in America, like I, mourn the passing of a leader and president of the United States that was among the last few living from the greatest generation in America. As I listened to the stories and personal experiences people spoke about, George Bush was truly a great man aside from his public service and being President of the United States.

As I watched and listened to the many radio, TV and written tributes to this man, I eventually had an unsettling thought. All this media attention to a great man that was more than just a great president, but one that had deep and abiding beliefs. Beliefs and principles that are publicly and constantly denigrated by the Left. What was I witnessing? What was the media doing and why?

We have all witnessed the vile mobs on the left that stand on the opposite side of the values and principles that were the very life of this great man! Not a peep from them, not a peep from the extremist among the politicians.

I could only imagine. Lives like his should be a model for many aspiring young people. Not what we have witnessed in recent years. Many have said that he “…the last of his kind….” I pray to God that is not true. My fervent prayer is there are many among us that are like George Bush that will rise up and be like him. Strong like him in disciplined moral strength and courage.

America cannot watch his passing and accept he was the last. No, we need to embrace the idea we need to step up to take his place. At least in his humanity, beliefs and values.

God Bless America