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Huge increases in child abuse and neglect have been reported in recent years. While some of the increase may stem from changes in the law and increased reporting, other contributing factors are likely to be associated the enormous sociological change in the Western world in recent years. This paper, presented at the 6th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect in Adelaide, examines possible causes and remedies.
Child abuse is hot news in Australia and other Western countries. Child "protective behaviour" programs have been introduced to many schools but few have asked whether these "solutions" are doing more harm than good. The damage done to children and families by false reports of child abuse can be greater than actual abuse. This paper by educationist Dr Geoffrey Partington, MA, PhD, discusses some areas of concern and some alternative courses of action.
Intervention by governments in the lives of families has resulted in large numbers of innocent parents having their children forcibly taken away. In England in 1987, Dr Marietta Higgs had over 200 children removed from their parents - mostly wrongfully. This paper is an extract from the book by Mary Pride entitled The Child Abuse Industry: outrageous facts about and everyday rebellion against a system that threatens every North American family.