Child abuse is now, in our society, a well known problem and everyone has a responsibility to report any suspected cases of abuse and there are laws to protect children. Even though child maltreatment has always existed, intervention did not begin in the United States until 1864. The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC) was formed on December 15, 1874. This was the first child protection agency in America.


THE FIRST CHAPTER OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

POETRY ABOUT CHILDREN

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