Hear the Children Crying

Headlines like these appear daily in newspapers across the country. Every year the epidemic sickness of child abuse claims the lives of more infants and children than infectious diseases, leukemia and automobile accidents. HEAR THE CHILDREN CRYING reflects the deep concern of Dale Evans Rogers for America's children. As the mother of an adopted child who suffered brain damage as the result of a beating, Dale has a special interest in wiping out all kinds of child abuse -- physical, verbal, emotional and sexual.

Using many carefully documented case histories, Dale approaches the problem from psychological, sociological, medical and religious positions. Having worked with doctors and other professionals at Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles and the Child Trauma Intervention Project of the UCLA Medical Center, she offers a sensitive, realistic view of the problem, the parents involved and the solutions. Dale examines in detail the parental problems behind the adult disease of child abuse and the reasons why a child becomes a scapegoat for the parent's frustration and distress.

Our courts, prisons, welfare systems and often our schools have all failed to conquer a disease which is now epidemic. What can we do about this heinous crime? Dale holds out hope that concerned citizens and the provision of treatment for abusive parents can help. As she discusses the effective and intelligent efforts being made by national and local programs such as Parents Anonymous, Dale reminds us that, "We need both skilled professionals and God; and His love, if we are ever to eliminate and prevent the neglect and abuse of children. With God's help, and with the working relationship of parents and professionals, child abuse can become a horror of the past."