How many previously broken bones do you suppose one would find in a random group of 450 or so middle to lower middle class American kids? 41 is less than 1 in 10. I can think of at least 3 "kids" with broken bones during my own childhood. One of them is my brother. One is my cousin, and I broke it (accidentally!) the other was later my partner as a student manager of a school basketball team. (If you're counting that's one arm, one middle finger and one clavicle) I've broken my wrist, but as a father of two, one of which was old enough to drive at the time.
Now does that mean there was no abuse? Of course not, but one can make most any common thing sound sensational.
Location and types of bone fractures are more telling than numbers.
Now that should be simple:
Post the x-rays on the Internet for everyone to see.
Use coded numbers to protect the identify of the people involved, but allow the American people to see those 41 x-rays.
Yup, I am calling them liars!
I have 2 boys, both of whom have had a broken arm (Little League fall, bicycle fall). So we’re at 100% in this house ;)
Not really. (See post #373). Not if "many" of the kids haven't had exams; and not if 200 of the kids are 5 & under--the extremely unlikely ones to have broken an arm (unless abused).