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Straight_Debt_9129 t1_ixczofa wrote

It could just be that Maine is the best state at reporting and investigating child abuse

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cheese1234cheese t1_ixd1zdl wrote

This is a huge factor. MA for example which is also very high has more mandated reporting — ME is similar I would guess

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boon4376 t1_ixdmhdw wrote

Also suggests why conservative states that normalize abuse or sweep it under the rug, or forgive it at church every week report it less.

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Subject_Painter_2082 t1_ixeveag wrote

Your comment is factually inaccurate, states regardless of general political leanings, are spread pretty evenly throughout this list.

Gtfohwybs.

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Best-Mathematician50 t1_ixe9em5 wrote

What unique abuse would you be referring to that somehow makes it special enough to not expose. It isn’t normalized and every state has families in which children are afraid to report it regardless of religion or otherwise

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lucidlilacdream t1_ixdwcpr wrote

Most states have mandated reporting.

Also, the states at the mid to bottom include Washington, Vermont, California which tend to also have higher levels of state funding and mandated reporting. So, more reporting doesn’t explain it all.

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Brains_4_Soup t1_ixesuh7 wrote

Teachers are mandated reporters in both states. It’s part of my job to report suspected child abuse.

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Grmmff t1_ixdhiqc wrote

Also something to consider: In Texas kicking your kid out for being gay Is not child abuse. Sending them to conversion Therapy isn't child abuse and sending them to unlicensed military schools isn't child abuse. but gender affirman care is.

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Grmmff t1_ixdingz wrote

Hitting your kids isn't child abuse in Texas.

Also, The Foster care situation in Texas is so bad that an argument could be made that kids Might actually be more abused In Foster care than if they were left in their original also awful situations.

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Best-Mathematician50 t1_ixeb505 wrote

Foster care anywhere is horrible for a child to go through regardless of a state’s political stance, the reason gender affirming care is abuse is because of the fact many of these children are being put on the same drug used in chemical castration and are going through “sex change therapy” which is permanent. These are choices in which a child/minor does not have the capacity to foresee it’s complete and permanent repercussions. Their brains are not fully developed enough to actually choose what is right for them and many of those who go through with the surgery tend to regret it years down the road. You have children who are being told they aren’t what they biologically are and it’s screwing with their heads, we are creating a generation of children who will listen to whatever they hear and believe it to be truth, this is sad.

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pattypaycheck11 t1_ixeni91 wrote

It being traumatizing for any child to enter foster care does not mean it isn’t especially bad in Texas. Doesn’t really have much to do with their political affiliation.

The children aren’t being “told” they are anything. There’s a rigorous process with multiple layers of screening/therapy/teams of professionals and other people in a kids life before any kind of drugs or procedures are administered. And the % of kids who go on to regret this is extremely, extremely low.

I noticed you didn’t touch on gay conversion therapy. I wonder why that is.

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Grmmff t1_ixeoaml wrote

Sorry, but I know enough Trans folks to know your "science" is nonsense and bigotry.

Gender affirming care for kids puts them on hormones that pause puberty until they are old enough to make a decision for themselves.

It doesn't castrate them. It pauses puberty and gives them time to think things through and go to therapy.

It's important to pause puberty because if they go through puberty as the wrong gender they end up getting harassed by bigots after they transition.

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Shdwrptr t1_ixdm2vm wrote

I was thinking something similar. It might just be that New England states have people reporting abuse at a higher rate. New York is also very high in that list

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swamp-gremlin-69 t1_ixeuanc wrote

as someone who works in social services in maine i truly hope maine is not the best in the country because that would be fucking bleak

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IamSauerKraut t1_ixd3tlb wrote

Yessssh, report and investigate.

And then sit on the thumbs.

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MojesticMorty t1_ixdwpoj wrote

No way is there more child abuse in Maine than Florida. The story’s I hear from people growing up down there yikes.

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MyTacoCardia t1_ixei2u8 wrote

Also state definitions vary and there's not a federal source keeping track of it.

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cyrusjumpjetta t1_ixel78g wrote

Exactly, it’s important to note that Mandated Reporter laws differ from state to state. Also, in Maine all substance exposed newborns are reported to DHHS. This includes women who use marijuana or even certain prescribed drugs during pregnancy. In most instances, these do not lead to open child welfare cases but they do count as “reports”.

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Atomicslap t1_ixdfrz9 wrote

No doubt that’s what I said when I read this to it has something to do with it for sure.

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shadowbishop_84 t1_ixfs2ln wrote

Indeed, it's everywhere. Many places in the world and even USA don't really prioritize it. Says volumes they don't regardless of how effective it is. The whole system needs overhauling or tweeking to say least if the goal is to actually protect not give an illusion of it. Easier said than done which why effort is better than none.

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Trilliam_West t1_ixn8waz wrote

I looked at the report underpinning this chart. The authors say that and warn against doing comparison charts like this.

So one big check I did was against the child fatality rate. It showed Florida and Mississippi children were much more likely to be killed as a result of child abuse. So either those states abusers are way less numerous or way more fatal OR rates of abuse are underdocumented in those states.

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