Posted on 05/19/2008 12:01:22 PM PDT by Daniel T. Zanoza
Statistics may vary, but many experts agree child abuse has reached epic proportions in America and, for that matter, worldwide. On the Internet, there are literally thousands of web sites devoted to child pornography. Drug addiction and substance abuse has contributed to a social disease which has made the most vulnerable in our society the targets of individuals who look at children as either possessions or valuable commodities rather than the precious future which they represent.
Thankfully, there are organizations like Catholic Charities which diligently work to place at risk children in loving foster care. And government, through organizations including the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), has the daunting task to identify children who are in jeopardy regarding physical and emotional abuse.
As a former children's outreach worker in a southwest Chicago suburb, I personally witnessed ...
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