Kuala Lumpur: The name ‘mother’ always bring cool and soft feelings in everyone’s mind but in a shocking find, statistics confirmed that mothers make up the highest number of child abusers.
According to Malaysia’s Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Heng Seai Kie that research over three years revealed that in maximum number of cases, the people who were found abusing their kids were parents and particularly mothers.
“Mothers make up 25.4 per cent of perpetrators in child abuse cases while 18.9 per cent are fathers,” revealed Asia One.
“Together, parents comprise 44.3 per cent of child abusers in incidents recorded nationwide last year,” the daily quoted Kie.
She also mentioned that parent should handle their responsibilities to their offsprings in a better way and learn to balance work and life.
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