Did you know that most Child Protection files are opened by default in the name of the mother? Even if the mother is being abused by her partner? Even if the 'neglect' is being caused by her abusive partner and the trauma created by his choices both physical and psychological?

Did you know if a parent is physically battering their partner, coercively controlling/torturing them and that leads to harm to the children and a child abuse/neglect report...most child protection workers don't document domestic violence or engage the perpetrator as a parent?

Did you know that if a father is battering his partner he still gets co custody in most cases? Did you know that if a partner discloses abuse during divorce proceedings and they are a woman they are more likely to lose custody of their children? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3448062

Did you know that most women are afraid to disclose abuse because we all know this? Did you know it means that our children are being trained to accept abuse as normal relational behaviors? That this is sanctioned by the services that are supposed to protect children and families

Did you know that most battering cases are misdemeanors? That means in some jurisdictions 'immediate release' and that means a perpetrator goes back and tortures, threatens, stalks or physically harms or murders their partner or family members? #FixTheSystem