In 2007, the crime of child abuse was committed on approximately 7% of girls under age 4. Statistically, most abuse is committed by a family member, with the majority being inflicted on young girls. Girls over the age of 11 are less likely to be abused than girls under 11 by members of their own family. "Girls are twice as likely as boys to be abused both as children and as adults  (McCarthy). "Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent of care taker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm Child Welfare Information Gateway). Childhood abuse has a long history, a difference between how it has handled in past and present; it has physical, emotional, and sexual consequences, and has wide ranging negative consequences. In the 1900's before child labor laws were developed, children born into a family in America were expected to work. In the early 1900's most immigrant families could only make it unless ever family member worked. Children were allowed to work in factories and dangerous environments for long periods of time. After the Child Labor Laws were developed, the idea of children working became illegal in those harsh environments. Everyone's viewpoints on children being able to work in those conditions were tremendously changed after Child Labor Laws were developed (Simmons). Child abuse used to be viewed as a minor social problem that affected only a small handful of U.S. children. Out of a handful of U.S. children, child abuse was viewed as a minor social problem. In 1990 to 2000, media, law enforcement, and helping professionals kept a close eye on child abuse because increased professional and public awareness there has been an increase in the number of reported cases. Abuse is not usually able to be seen and because the victims of abuse do not usually speak of it, it is a lot harder to find the abusers and do something about it. Experts believe that the level of abuse is much higher that what is being reported. An estimated 896,000 children across the country were victims of abuse or neglect in 2002, according to national data released in April 2004 (Health and Human Services). The abusers were the own child's parents in 77 percent of the confirmed cases, in 11 percent of the cases the relatives were the child's abuser. Males were most likely to be the ones committing the sexual abuse, on the other hand females were the ones responsible for the majority of neglect cases. The information shows that child protective service agencies received around 2,600,000 reports of possible maltreatment in a year. About 1,400 children have died of abuse or neglect, 1.98 children per 100,000 children in the population. In majority cases children are usually the victims of more than one type of abuse. The abusers can be teachers, acquaintances, parents, caretakers, babysitters, friends of the children at school or around the neighborhood, or other family members, and strangers also, but is very rare in most cases. Abuse usually happens in poor families with little education but usually experts are quick to say that abuse often happens to all ethnic, social, and income groups. Parental alcohol or drug abuse, young mothers, and single-parent families are also commonly reported cases. Statistics show that more than 90 percent of abusive parents are not psychotic or criminals. More or less are single parents that are unhappy, young, lonely, and angry who were not planning on getting pregnant, he or she have little to no knowledge on child development, and have high expectation for how the children should behave and usually is impossible for the children to achieve the goals that are set by the parent because he or she have not ever been taught how to act. From 10 percent to close to 40 percent of abusive parents were physically abused themselves as children, but in many cases abused children do not grow up to be abusive parents (Prevalence of Abuse). One in four girls and one in eight boys are sexually abused before the ages of 18; one in twenty children are abused every year. Abuse can include: burning, beating, or breaking his or her bones. Sexual abuse is taking advantage of a child by using intimidation to