1.   A death in the immediate family, divorce or a child abusing drugs were rated as less stressful than adultery.

2.   Many parents today wonder why their children abuse drugs, get into trouble at school, drop out or run away.

3.   The House, he said, had also made child abuse a high priority.

4.   The lawsuit charges that staff members at a series of group homes and a large residential treatment center rarely intervened when other children abused Joel because he was effeminate.

5.   The policy of the Diocese of Palm Beach is to report any suspected child abuse to DCF, said Sam Barbaro, diocese spokesman.

6.   We tolerate a child-welfare system that abuses and neglects children already abused and neglected by their families.

7.   Philippine child advocacy groups formed a network Friday to unify their efforts to catch foreign pedophiles and make child abuse an international crime.

8.   It said the president wanted new measures in place by mid-March and it was also proposed making child abuse a non-bailable offence.

9.   It said the government proposed to make child abuse a non-bailable offence.