I encourage you to search for it on the internet. Surely, being written by the Associated Press it can be found on several sites. People say that the worse type of motivation is negative. For this one time allow me to use a little "negativity" to hopefully produce some pos
itive action. One can not help but see from this article a reason to provide opportunities for our children and to watch for what is happening in our communities.
If we are so selfish as to only think of ourselves while moaning about our schedules, our jobs, our calendars already being full we must think of the many damaged and traumatized lives that are behind everyone of these statistics. These are NOT just numbers like one might find in an Algebra textbook but are numbers that represent human lives that have been taken advantage of by demented individuals.
Breakdown of Costs:
Direct Cost:
- Hospitalization and low birth weight births: $80,376,333
- Chronic Health Problems: $16,660,269
- Mental Health Care System: $14,659,500
- Child Welfare System: $278,097, 807
- Law Enforcement: $117,490
- Judicial System: $2,220,446
Indirect Cost:
- Special Education Costs: $2,603,192
- Juvenile Delinquency: $97,419,960
- Lost Productivity to Society, including Mortality and Unemployment: $12,805,583
- Adult Criminality: $15,943,200
