11-09-2015, 06:22 PM
(11-09-2015, 06:16 PM)tigershrimp Wrote: The DHHS data shows that of children abused by one parent, 70.6% were abused by their mothers, whereas only 29.4% were abused by their fathers.
And of children who died at the hands of one parent, 70.8% were killed by their mothers, whereas only 29.2% were killed by their fathers.
(These were reported abuse cases, not paddlings...)
To answer your question, no. I don't consider corporal punishment to be the same as abuse/neglect.
Link?
I have a feeling the numbers are cooked because of the quantifier "by one parent". I'd like to see all the numbers to see if there is any bias here.
Only 8% of single parent homes are headed by a father. Maybe they would be more likely to be accused of abuse if more of them were the primary caretaker.
