Abused Children in Bangladesh And Their Rights Child abuse is a crime. It may be a social problem: it may be the product of a disordered mind; it may indicate an overall family dysfunction, but it is always a crime. A victim of child abuse, a 4-year-old boy, one side of his face swathed in bandages and his arms covered with cigarette burns, asks the lawyer who has been introduced to him by social workers, "…showed first 75 words of 368 total…

…showed last 75 words of 368 total…species. We cannot change some people, but we can change the ways in which we respond to their acts. We cannot achieve perfection, but we can do our best to protect our most precious natural resource—our children. The child who asks. "Are you going to hurt me too?" is morally entitled to a better answer than we have given him so far. It is our human responsibility to make that answer a truthful one.