8 Ways You Can Stop Child Abuse Today!

Dr. John DeGarmo
5 min readMar 29, 2022

“Children in our nation are suffering from an epidemic of child abuse from those who proclaim to love them the most.”

An epidemic is sweeping an ugly tide across the United States; domestic violence and child abuse against our children.

How large is the problem? Studies show that up to five million children in the United States experience and/or witness domestic violence each year. Whether it’s watching an act of physical or sexual abuse, listening to threats or sounds of violence, or viewing the evidence of such abuse in a victim in the signs of bleeding, bruises, torn clothing, or broken items, the effects are damaging to a child, in a variety of ways. Children in our nation are suffering from an epidemic of child abuse from those who proclaim to love them the most. Indeed, witnessing domestic abuse can also be traumatic for a child.

You may say it doesn’t happen where you live. You may believe that you do not know of any children who are victims of this type of violence and abuse. Make no mistake, domestic violence against children is happening all around you. Children in the very city you live in are victims of this horrific crime. Furthermore, the abusers and perpetrators may be your colleagues at work, members of your church, your neighbors…

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Dr. John DeGarmo

Leading foster care expert and international empowerment speaker