"What that says to us is that if we had preventive programs in place, that abuse or neglect need never to have occurred. Children who grow up after experiencing abuse and neglect, particularly in early childhood, have long term outcomes that affect them often times the rest of their lives,” Zehnder-Merrell continued. “We can ill-afford to see these rates go up and see more children damaged because we as a society did not extend the help to their families that was needed.”
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