A Different Kind of Epidemic

I recently read an article containing harrowing statistics about child abuse in this country.  Somehow, among the headlines about politics and primaries, financial crises and international issues, this caught my eye.

And it got me thinking.

There are so many "wars" we have going - the war on drugs, the war on poverty, etc. - why isn't anybody declaring a figurative "war" on child abuse? Why aren't we just as appalled by this phenomenon - if not more - as we are about childhood illness and obesity, for example?

The Pie, 2 months old