HITTING CLOSE TO HOME - Carole Ritter - August 1978

Carole Ritter

We're supposed to be a child-centered society that heaps lavish material blessings on its pampered progeny, and allegedly the younger generation has never had it so good But in many cases our kids are still getting the short end of the stick, and we've got a long way to go before we "turn the heart of the fathers to the children." You've probably read a great deal lately about violence in the family, especially child abuse in its various and sundry forms. You've seen the shocking pictures and read about the hideous tortures some adults have inflicted on their children. You've been outraged by the unbelievable abuse of power and authority some troubled parents have displayed. Or maybe, like some people, you've been troubled more by the subject's having been brought up in the first place. While it's easy to evoke outrage at the sight of "kiddie" pornography, people like crusader Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber have found it difficult to get much of a reaction to pictures of maimed, beaten, or dead children. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library