In communities around the country, April is observed as Child Abuse Prevention Month in an effort to raise awareness about abuse, promote nonviolent discipline and good communication between parents and children, and inform families about community resources.

Child abuse is behavior directed toward children that results in harm or injury or that seriously interferes with normal child development. The damage caused by child abuse is associated with school failure, criminality, drug and alcohol abuse, and physical and psychological problems. Each year there are over two million victims of child abuse and neglect in the United States.

 
Louisville Metro Proclamation
History of Child Abuse Prevention Month 2008 Resource Packet and Related Materials


Here are some photographs from the "Rally Around Our Children" event held on April 3, 2008.