NPR : Calls for more Reporting of Suspected Child Abuse

NPR : National Public Radio:

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This story brings up an interesting point, making more laws will not solve the problem (as results in 18 states are mixed). Also, someone has to pay for the investigations, which will mean more taxes and even false reports will cause undue harm to the families investigated. The simple act of reporting someone for possible child abuse or pedophilia, even if proven false, is enough to ruins someones life. There are documented cases of people that were good teachers that were let go simply because of a report of possible activity, even though the investigation proved the allegation to be false. The stigma still hurts people. What we need is for people to quit being apathetic when they see this type of activity and to actually do something about it. We do not need the laws to do this, we need to educate people on how to properly detect this and then how to report it. If this is done, we should get better results. However, this too will cost money, but it is an excellent niche market for someone to start up a nonprofit business to educate and assist people in this area.