Majority Of Parents Abuse Children, Children Report | The Onion - America's Finest News Source LOS ANGELES—A chilling national poll of U.S. children ages 3 through 12 estimated that nearly 75 million youngsters suffer both physical and psychological abuse at the hands of their parents on a daily basis. Enlarge Image Majority Of Children An abused child awaits her single allotted hour of television per day. The poll, whose findings are part of a 700-page report released Tuesday by a coalition of child abuse monitoring and prevention organizations, indicts nearly 95 percent of American parents. It documents abuses ranging from less severe offenses, such as children being denied snacks just before dinner, to more egregious, long-term cases of neglect, such as never ever getting what they want, ever.
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The National Parents Association declined to comment on the
overwhelming levels of abuse. When asked why they wouldn't comment, the
NPA released a tersely worded statement: "Because we said so."