As Pandemic Restrictions Ease, Child Abuse Reports Rise In North Texas

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

April 17, 2021

Some troubling new numbers track a rise in child abuse reports in North Texas.

A year ago, as the pandemic forced already fragile families into isolation, advocates noticed a sharp drop in reports, but warned that the situation was nothing to celebrate.

Elena Doskey, with the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center told CBS 11 in May 2020, “We’re not naive to the fact that abuse is still ongoing, and there may be more severe cases due to the ongoing stress.”

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