This article is an important read: UTHealth - HealthLeader: Preventing Child Abuse

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We can’t help but pay attention to the shocking aftereffects of child abuse — a tragic, societal problem that affected more than 686,000 children in 2012. But for a glimmer of hope, we should pay attention to the before, say experts. A growing body of research shows that the right programs, such as parenting classes and home visitation after childbirth, actually help prevent child abuse.

Prevention is a “A complicated web” according to Christopher Greeley, MD. “Preventing child abuse is complex,” Greeley says. “There’s no one program that will fix the problem. You really, really have to work at it.”

Greeley and colleagues have established the Center for Parenting and Family Well-Being. Educating parents is the key.

Child abuse is an ever recurring tragedy. May more parents be made aware of how positive parenting may reduce the number of children who are abused.