“Even after the bruises disappear, the scars inside you are still there.”
-J.W. Lynne, The Unknown
Physical Abuse
What it means
Did you know?
Nearly 700,000 children are abused in the U.S. each year. Most child victims are abused by a parent.
Child-on-child abuse is common.. In 2019, 22% of people alleged to have abused a child were themselves children. 14% of the total were teenagers.
National Children's Alliance
Young children experience higher rates of maltreatment than older children.
In 2017, children 3 and younger had a maltreatment rate of 15 per 1000, compared with 10 per 1000 for ages 4-7, 8 per 1000 for ages 8-11, 7 per 1000 for ages 12-15, and 5 per 1000 for children ages 16-17.
childwelfare.gov/
In Popular Culture
Movies
- An American Crime
- Short Term 12
- The Color Purple
- Honey Boy
- Good Will Hunting
TV Shows
- Jessica Jones
- Shameless (18 and over)
- Bones (Lance Sweets)
- Grey's Anatomy (Alex Karev)
- Stranger Things
Songs
- Warrior - Demi Lovato
- Never Again - Nickelback
- I'm OK - Christina Aguilera
- Luka - Suzanne Vega
- Mansion - NF
- Children of the Night - Richard Marx
Books
- The Color Purple
- An Untamed State
- Spilled Milk
- The Prince of Tides