Although this is not strictly related to the original query, I wonder if any other members of the list are puzzled by a seeming paradox. If the rates of abuse and neglect are going down, then why does it appear that in the UK at least, troubled children are manifesting as 'troubled' much younger; that teachers talk to me about the high numbers of emotionally needy children in their class; of young boys out of control and the growing number of children (again usually boys) diagnosed as ADD/ADHD? Is it simply that the criteria for abuse are so varied and only the most gross neglect (for example) is seen as abuse? Is it the push through the Children Act (again in the UK) to work with parents that social worker and health visitor colleagues will work with a family for years (while they have more children) before admitting that children within the family are suffering? Is it social change including the downgrading of men and (some) women stating that children don't need fathers??? Lack of family structure??? What do the distinguished members of this list think? (I know what I think but I would not be popular!!) Maria Robinson Researcher
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