There's a great concern that happens around the world, which should never take place on any account. It's a frightening act that unfortunately plagues our nation. Child abuse has occurred since the beginning of time, and unless something is done about it it will continue to increase. According to David Bender, "In 1950, for every 100 children born in the United States, 12 entered broken families, either by being born out of wedlock or through their parents' obtaining a divorce that year. In 1992, for every 100 children born in the United States, 60 entered broken families"(74). This statistic, which shows the growth in broken families having children, is daunting when you look at it. It's the same thing as saying that out of 10 children born in 1992 only four of them were guaranteed a home with both a mother and a father. Broken homes have contributed to child abuse greatly because the sole responsibility of the child is placed upon a single parent. Over the past ten years child abuse has taken obvious trends that can be analyzed. Children who have been abused in their childhood have a higher tendency to abuse their children when they're adults. Child abuse is a definite problem, which should be broken up into the main causes as to why it takes place in today's society.
             Richard Wexler an expert on child abuse noted that, "For abusing men, violence frequently is a way to regain what they see as their lost control of a relationship"(25). These men don't know how to deal with their problems. They see that things are not going as planed, and have no other means to deal with this other than to take it out on their weak and unsuspecting children. They tend to believe that this will some how fix what went wrong or what didn't go their way, but of course it doesn't. On women's perspectives David Bender states that, "Contrary to public perception, research shoes that the most likely physical abuser of a yo
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