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Actually child abuse and neglect has always been an issue in the United States. There are currently 124,000 children in the foster care system due to child abuse and neglect. School-aged children are more likely to be abused by their parents at a higher rate than babies and toddlers. African-American and Latino children are disportionately overrepresented in care than their White counter parts. White children are found to enter care because of physical abuse from a parent, where as African American children are found to enter care due to neglect most often as a result of poverty.
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