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_ “This ‘article appeared
-in the American Medical
News. It. deals with a
Problem you. have men-
‘toned in. your column
numero times, but
once more won't hurt.

“you from every.

 ehild. -- Reader .

> Hereds an edited vers... -
sion with an added word

“ Trom Yours Truly,
’ The worst crime -

. anger, disgust. ‘It is the

-.worst of.crimes, against

the ‘most defenseless of

victims. ;

‘Yet-cacrass North

“America, “children . are’

‘being beaten, -burned,

-‘uwhipped, tortured and

“sexually. abused. by the

and ‘protect them. | -
“How imany’ children?

"No, one: really -knows,

“44. giInee what ‘hap
‘the privacy of other peo-

ns in

: ple's homes Is usually un-
’ knowable. . °°.

--What-we da know’ Is

°*. this: In 1981 there were

. 885,000:-reported cases of
_ childabuse in the United
> States, twice as many a8
. in-1976. Every year 5,000

.  vhildren die ‘atthe hands
(0+; of their parents. -

.« the. crime ig 'so-intimate

“.. Ehe: -most - under-re-
erted abuse of children

‘vand-so secret. .-
By age 18, experts

Ae guess, one In: four - girls
“and one in 10 ‘boys will

vie eed

- have experienced some
» form of sexual abuse —

"mostly by, parents, rela-
tives ‘and. tt
» family.”

jends of the
-» Some -blame the frus-

trations of unemploy-

_"; Tent — not a‘surprising
- gonnection, since rising —

” unemployment also is as
~” -goclated with mure fami-

"Ty quarrels, mure mental

“ diness, more “murders, © -

- more siieides. Others
_- hgite budget cuts, which.

. «others.

- shave. hurt social pro-.
"grams that benefit moth: ”

ers and children. Still
j int tothe high
_ cost of day’ care, the

financial burden of chii-
‘dren i.— $150,000 per

" child by age 18 the 1.2 —
million divorces each —
: year, the legions of work- |

-_ Ing. mothers: with chil-
. ‘dren, the rise in one-par-

".-. ent households.

are

Déspite. a. grow ing
wareness .of the.

Wit, -HOFTOY, » STOrIES "Hn,

“" newspapérs, | diamatlza-'

tlons on television, pro-

grams to counsel and

educate parents and na-

tional: hotlines to report

. suspected cases, children

are being abused more ’,

brutally and ‘more often
than ever. os

* "> We must intensify the
.. battle. Communities:

7 - vigilant.

must marshal every .re-
source. Also the hospi-

» tals, police, social agen-
, ¢les"-and ‘volunteer

“groups. must: be ever-

Since children often

“~ eannot speak:out, others

must speak-for them.
Every physician, teach-
_er, nelghbor — everyone
who has reason to sus-
_pect.that a child. is being
abused

*- uy to save children from
. , their parents, and: par-

~ . . _ . 1; ents from themselves, ;
AW ; 1p WHO RETURNS.” - _ PS. from Abn’ Land-
AFTER HIG MORNING UO >] -

"REEKING OF TRUFFLES, © |

‘ers: Anyone who suspects

>.’ J¢hild abuse has an obliga-
+ tlon-to report. it. When
<4. you look ..

:’ you become a co-conspir-

e@ other way

ator in the crime. Get the

7 - Children’s Aid number
.. .from directory .assist-

ance and place a call.
There is help out there

for our children -and we

. must see that they get it.

"Dear Ain Landers: 1

was listening ‘to Tom

(Brokaw. on the evenin

news recently and what 1
heard made a deep

e it will

“read your column to act

‘+ instead: of lettin

on their goud intentiuns,
the

months and years slip by

covering it is too late.

Brokaw told about a
man wha had ordered a
-tombstune for his brath-

size replica of a Mer-
cedes Benz, complete
with windshield wipers
and, TV antenna, every
detail found on the
awanklest floor model.
“The Mercedes was carv-
ed out of flne stone from
a quarry in Vermont.

“The sculptor spent a year

“>. on his masterpiece. The

~ $120,000.

‘--- "Pinte to talk: to the Mer-

his brother a car.

_ Why such an elaborate

* headstone? Guilt. The

man who commissioned
the replica had promised
For
years he kept putting off
he purchase. He didn't
have time, or so he told
himself.. Then suddenly
his brother died and he
had all kinds of time.

". gades Benz people about

a model, time to find a
svulplar, time to go to
Vermont and pick out
the stone, time to meet
with the cemetery people
and oversee the project.
The moral of the story,
folks, is It's always iater

than you think: — No

eee al ha a ee ee er ah rn et a ka Fa ee a

"Mention: child ‘abuse -
*. ahd the response Is usual-
Jy .the same: ‘Shock,.

people they:trist to.love”

a probe;

kes

— has 4 duty to -

; im- °
“ pression, it alse made me
resolve tu atup procrasit.
-” Wating. May
~ move a few people who

— and then one day dis.

‘er’s grave. 11 was a life- .

“coat: approximately .

” More Tomorrows
Dear No More: Thank |
you for sharing a moving |
story. The saddest part is
that the brother who . °
ordered the tombstone —
missed one of Hie's -
test Joys: witnessing «
e delight of people we
7 gare about. when-we do
‘), : 2 something to make them
happy. ~ an

- ."Runaholic wrecks —-

. ces fpomellfe a
Dear Ann Landers:

_- Are-you aware pf anoth: .
erkind of “holic”, these
daya?. Add to the alcohol-

_-Ie.and the workaholic —

the runaholic. ' know of
three. divorces resulting
‘from this all-consuming
* Nonsense. Mine is next. - -.

husband’s job. _

‘oumes first, running see: ~
‘and, his mother third -~
: and-I Iimp in.a poor |
..: fourth, along with the ..
; kids. “
' . - ". We have had one vaca-
.:. . tlondin nine’years..I waa”,
_ thrilled that he wanted to --
'. go to a resort near Du-"
-luth. When.we were 30 |
‘miles from our. destina-
: -tlon he ‘told me he was -
, running In a’ marathon.
Of the seven days, he was
. gone four. The children
were seven and five
years of.age. 1 was alone’
without acar.’..  *
_ ~ Every day he rurs at.
least six miles. And then’ ~
. he works [out'after / the:
running..: He: aaye ih
“owes itité himseli” and.

doesn’t feel right. If this
isn't a disease, whal ig? — -
The man has many 7
‘+ good qitalitles. He: does: ~*~
n't smuke, drink, garable an
or chase women, But. he’.
is so self-centred Jt's sick-
’ ening. He never shows uj
- for anything at school.
Some people think !'m-a

"that he has to dot or‘he ©"

_ The Harald, Friday, January 13,1984, Page?

for 13 years.to a guy who
has a serious booze prob
y at

‘jem and is. rare

home. My life has been a
story of poverty, confur
sion and quiet despair..

We have a son, 12, and
a daughter,

4. The
. Walks the Hoor at sig
8

.. fled

crying because of
nightmares. He is petri-
of monste!

* “time, His friends don't
want to play with him

abymore. - :
~ F-can’t take him any-

: where because he figh

2 With everyone, Is nervy: -

us and loud. Now the 4:

. year-old is picking up his

‘ways, I give in to her tan-
trums 50 I can get some
peace and quiet.

We lve with my

ents because Toni is‘out

of-work alot. Piind my-

*-aver: the

. BO

self letting them..take
ds because T
‘ can’t cope‘anymore. —

_ , My parents insist It is

we
_ifthey say, isjust spoiled,

- where to turn, Can

“Gt's in the

1 feel like afailureasa’.

“mother and don’t know

4 help me? —-
necx. so ae
First, -go to AlAlon

hone book

_and free) and learn how

-. to live with: your hus:

_ band's alcoholism, Then, . ..
“go to:the. school and talk.
“with the teacher and ‘the .
-'school counselor. It may

. be thal your son need

§ ta

“be evaluated by a psy-
chologist anda physi- |

clan: ” .

.’ ¥ou need help with
"your children. The schuel
‘is the first line of de-

widow, When the teacher eral

se, what his daddy does,’ he":
: *. peplied,“Herung." =.
' Please tel] those men - .- °
who are hell-bent on.
keeping their bodies In ~
shape that it isn’t worth .
it if it destroys their ©
marriage. — Fed Up .
Dear Fed:' Your hus- ©"
hand is addicted to rin-
ning and he wil] continue
run, no matter what
youssy,. 9 Joo.
’ , The larger problem is -
. his selfishtiess. You'll fcel -
Bape too, start doing your own’, -
.; Story of despair,
. J have been: married,

‘asked, aur. five-year-old -_- er

yours‘ Is
-. around,

the unly one

Anniversary wine

. For our 10th peddling
anniversary my hus
wants to, dake me wa

2 fancy: French restaurant,
-.. We are people of modest
means: we bring our

"own wine? Any other

suggestions? —5.L.

-a lot better when yout... L _ ‘=. Don’t take wine from

hore, Buy: an inexpen-

"give hotile there. As for

the food, if you can't pro- .

snounce it, you can't af-

"ford it.

woo | GREE :

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