Did you know that roughly 7.9 million children are reported to be involved in child abuse? You probably didn't because child abuse isn't talked about, enough.

I learned this from reading it online. I also learned that 1,840 children die from abuse, alone. Child abuse isn't talked about enough in health education classes, in school. I had no idea the numbers were this high until I researched it and looked it up. Imagine the people who don't research this. They probably had no idea the numbers were so high. The numbers will continue to sky-rocket if we do not do something about these drastic numbers. Do some research on the warning signs of child abuse and educate yourself, so that way you can notice the signs, in case.

It's incredibly heartbreaking and upsetting to read news articles and see child abuse on the TV. There was one case in South Korea about, this 16 month old baby who died from being abused by her parents. She was 16 months old. The police found 800 abusive videos on the mother's phone, after the baby's death.

Child abuse is not talked about enough. Nor, is it talked about what to do in case you witness it. As someone who wants to enter the Early Childhood Education field, this disturbs me, extremely that so many people are 1. unaware of the statistics of child abuse and 2. people don't think it's important enough to talk about.

It disturbs me that people are so careless when it comes to child abuse. Child abuse has become an even bigger issue all around the world.

There's a number of reasons as to why child abuse happens. The parents take their frustration out on the kid when something bad happens at work, they're not ready to be parents, stress, a number of reasons that has nothing to do with the kid etc.

To take it out on a child, is absolutely absurd. And totally un-called for. Some people just aren't meant to be parents.

Please take the time to educate yourself on this matter. It's so important to be aware of this matter. Especially if you're thinking about becoming a parent.