tuesday blog

Chapter 7 Response

A Few years ago I lost my grandma. It was the worst feeling you can get I thought because I was really close to her. I use to spend the night over her house sometimes and it was really fun. Pretty much every day after school my brothers and I would go to her house. But a few years before she died she had a very bad stroke and she fault threw it. She was one of the toughest person I have ever met in my life. She was already divorced to my other grandpa that had died. She always had a job even if she was hurt or not. She died in Middle Town Hospital. Gerald and I were both really close with the people that had died. We both got along good with the people that died. He also lived with his aunt for six years and I didnt live with my grandma for that long. So he must have new her really well.

Child Abuse

National Child Abuse Statistics
Child Help.org
An estimated 906,000 children are victims of abuse & neglect every year.
The rate of victimization is 12.3 children per 1000 children.
79% of the children killed are younger than 4.
1,500 children die every year from child abuse and neglect. That is just over 4 fatalities every day.
Children ages 0-3 are the most likely to experience abuse. They are victimized at a rate of 16.4 per 1,000.
Abused children are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy.