... being etched into the lives of next generation - children who will carry it's scars even if they never smoke a joint, pop a pill or snort a line of cocaine. Teachers, counselors. Social workers, psychologists and children themselves say that for many youngsters today, growing up in America means maneuvering through an obstacle course ... of raising several small children with almost no money and little social support. Given the obvious and direct link that exits between poverty and child abuse, given that poverty, according to studies, in fact in many cases can be said to cause child abu...

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