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I Know You Can't Speak

ShakiraThornton1

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Reads 17,492
Votes 467
Parts 25
Time 2h 56m

ShakiraThornton1

Mature

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Physical and sexual abuse towards children is an issue that is often overlooked. Most children don't speak up and some children can't speak up to talk about what is being done to them. 

37% of American children are reported to Child Protective Services by their 18th birthday (African American children are reported at 54%)

1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old.

34% of people who sexually abuse a child are family members.

These statistics and more can be found at invisiblechildren.org 

Read "I Know You Can't Speak" and take heed to the signs that Faith tries to give her mother because she can't speak.

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