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Time to end silence on child abuse : Comments
By Jeremy Sammut, published 18/9/2009Rising numbers of children in Australia are being left in situations which expose them to cumulative harm, neglect and severe abuse.
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Background:
We know smoking 'causes' cancer. Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer by 120%. About double.
When children don't live with BOTH NATURAL parents, the risk of child abuse and neglect increases by 2,600% ! !
That's not twice, that's 26 times the risk ! ! !
(Citations and research available PartTimeParent@pobox.com)
To protect children, simply protect their relationship with BOTH NATURAL parents.
I have the utmost respect for loving step-parents! But too many children live in a feminist version of cinderella, with the wiked step-father.
The most dangerous household for a child is a "mum-and-mummies-new-boyfriend" household.
Cunning pedophiles don't becoem scoutmasters or school teachers now-days. The romance a single mum and get her and access to the bedrooms of her children. But if the natural father is still involved in the child's lives, the pedophile stays clear... He may be able to romance the single mother, but he knows the natural father will find out, and as most dads know, the pedophile won't abuse again.
The other situation is the struggling single mum... How much easier it would be if natural dad can share the load? Most natural dads WANT to look after and protect their kids... that's why the divorce court is full of "custody disputes", instead of "you can have them disputes".
Finally pedophiles target emotionally vulnerable children... and fatherless children always have an instinctive yearing for their natural father, and if he is not around, even a 'father figure' is yearned for. These are the vulnerable children so attractive to pedophiles!
Look at the news, horribly abused or murdered children, like the baby-in-the-suitcase, look deeper... they are almost always from "single mother" or "Mum-and-mummies-new-boyfriend" households
Protect children from abuse.
Don't fund DOCS more and don't give the nasties more power (which is what they want). They are making the problem worse, not better.
Simply protect children's human right to live with BOTH NATURAL PARENTS.
Research available
PartTimeParent@pobox.com
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