Read more: https://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/national-statistics-on-child-abuse/
TIL: Sadly, children in their first year of life (infants aged less than 1 year) are a massive 15% of all child abuse cases
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The source also points out how 20-25% of abuse cases are due to one child abusing another, but when the abusing child is referred to a (shockingly effective) Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) for counseling, 98% of those who complete the counseling program will go on to never abuse a child again
Ick.