"America'a Child Death Shame"

[handmade34]

from a month ago on BBC... warning! very sad, very disturbing...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15288865

"Every five hours a child dies from abuse or neglect in the US.

The latest government figures show an estimated 1,770 children were killed as a result of maltreatment in 2009.

A recent congressional report concludes the real number could be nearer 2,500.

In fact, America has the worst child abuse record in the industrialised world...."

[Brickbat]

1. When I was working at a daily newspaper laying out pages, I remember wondering what the world would

be like if we put every child abuse procedural we ran on the front page, every day.

[handmade34]

3. U.S.A. has the worst record of any industrialized country

http://www.unicef.org/media/files/ChildPovertyReport.pdf

[LAGC]

2. There was an blurb in the local paper this morning...

4-year-old girl was having trouble with the alphabet, couldn't identify the letter "D".

So dad got mad and grabbed her by the throat, striking her repeatedly, so badly it bruised her left eye shut.

There are simply no words... :grr: