Regarding the results of this study which showed a prevalence rate of 66% for child abuse; and since there are strong association between child maltreatment and its impacts in juvenile and adulthood periods in the forms of offending, mental health concerns such as suicide and homicide, substance abuse, school failure, employment difficulties, teenage pregnancy, adult attachment difficulties, family violence, intergenerational violence and so on, appropriate education to the parents, and the punishment laws for child abuse is recommended.
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Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries
Ruth Gilbert, Cathy Spatz Widom, Kevin D. Browne et al. · The Lancet · 2008 · 3.7K citations