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Essay Archive - Child Abuse
Child Abuse
"Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart,
And unto thine own understanding lean not.
In all thy ways know thou Him,
And He doth make straight thy paths."
(Proverbs 3:5,6, YLTHB)
The statistics on physical child abuse are alarming. Of the estimated hundreds
of thousands of children battered each year by a parent or close relative,
thousands die. For those who survive, the emotional trauma remains long after
the external bruises have healed. Communities and the courts recognize that
these emotional "hidden bruises" can be treated.
Children who have been abused may d....
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