The Moment to End Child Maltreatment Everywhere

There is growing awareness of the prevalence and cost of child trauma. Often unintentional and intergenerational, abuse and neglect are primary preventable causes of poor mental health and wellbeing, addiction, vulnerability to crime and exploitation and far more prevalent than previously understood. Child trauma outcomes cost North America and Europe health budgets alone $1.3 trillion annually. We are the first generation in history to know the solutions for prevention and healing and they cost a fraction of what we currently lose. This piece explores how we can end child trauma for every child.