Classroom teachers have a unique opportunity to identify abused children and promote the process of healing. Offers teachers information about the incidence of child abuse, types of abuse, and possible intervention. (14 references) (MLF)

Adults need to acknowledge the nature of this world more frequently in their discussions of youth violence. The media's focus on retribution and punishment reflects the popular anger over "bad" kids. Seeds of evil have sprung from an unkempt societal garden where widespread child poverty, disintegrating home environments, child abuse, a…