Study reveals child abuse increases on Saturdays, a day after school report cards go out
Study took data of children under ages of 5 to 11, matching it with reports called in to Florida Department of Children and Families abuse hotline during academic year 2015-6
A new study has revealed that a day after school children get their report cards, the rate of child abuse increases. The study found out that there was a nearly fourfold increase in confirmed reports of child abuse on the Saturdays immediately after report cards were distributed on Fridays at public schools in Florida.
The study took data of children under the ages of five to eleven and matched it with the reports called in to the Florida Department of Children and Families abuse hotline during the academic year 2015-2016. The results of the study were published in JAMA Pediatrics on Monday.
