A Big New Report on American Children Is Out. It’s Horrific.

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A Big New Report on American Children Is Out. It’s Horrific.
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Jesus.

“Children in the US can be legally married in 41 states, physically punished by school administrators in 47 states, sentenced to life without parole in 22 states, and work in hazardous agriculture conditions in all 50 states.” Over and over again, the worst states for children are clustered around the “pro-life” Bible Belt, and the map of the states that are the worst for children looks a lot like a map of red-state America. (Liberal states, too, have a long ways to go when it comes to protecting kids, but they generally do a bit better.)

And Republicans just want to make it worse.

Also Republican states have consistently reported higher CSA rates over the past two decades, and a survey of tens of thousands people showed that conservatives are also just more likely to say they are pedophiles.

This is projection and hypocrisy at its finest.

The more the state proclaims to 'protect children' and promote 'family values', generally the worse it scored on the analysis.

Physical punishment in schools is still a thing??? I had to endure that back in the 90s, but I thought for sure people would have figured out better ways to discipline kids by now.

I got paddled in 4th grade (late 80s) for saying "bastard". Wasn't screaming it, wasn't calling someone else a bastard, I just said it and I got two whacks for it. Yeah, that was fucking draconian.

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