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Dave Pelzer's Official Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. . "Pelzer, Dave." Current Biography. Wilson Biographies. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

Chart This was the school's first experience with child abuse. This happened on March 5th, 1973. ||< Economic growth rates were considerably lower than previous decades. ||< Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act was introduced in 1974 and helped with fnding prevention, assessment, investigation, prosecution, and treatment regarding child abuse on a state level, funded by the government. ||
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 * < Domestic abuse was not a topic often talked about, but something shameful, something ignored, something wished to be made up. ||< David lived in a middle-class neighborhood with little to no money problems most of the time, although his father worked long hours to make the pay he had. ||< In 1912 the United States Children's Bureau was created as a federal agency that involves improving child abuse prevention, foster care, and adoption. This agency was listed under the US Department of Health and Human Services. ||
 * < After strange behavior and symptoms of depression, the school finally took control of David's situation after catching a glimpse of what he was facing.
 * < After David was collected from his home, the "don't ask-don't tell" policy was brought on, and the rest of the children, disturbingly, remained in the home. The school, although helping out David tremendously, did nothing for the other children, possibly because of little experience with the topic of child abuse. ||< Money issues were a struggle that added anger to David's bother. It fueled her taunting; she claimed that everything was "David's fault." ||< Child Abuse Prevention Association was founded as a crisis and information hotline staffed by Junior Service League volunteers in 1975. Now it helps millions of people deal with abuse and help prevent it. ||
 * < There were many bullies in the school, and the school officials did little to nothing to stop it. ||< There was also an oil crisis going on at this time too, which once again added stress on David's mother. She would take him along in the car when going to get gas and groceries, and would curse at him about the expenses she was making. ||< The US entered the Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991) where mid air refueling played a major role in success dealing with Just Cause, Desert Shield, and Desert Storm. ||
 * < One time, a social worker came to David's house to see his situation because of complaints of abnormal behavior. The social worker was told by David's mother that he was making it all up. Back then, your typical social worker may believe the parent, and not the child, which, as we know today, is the wrong thing to do. ||<  ||< In 2008 Barack Obama and Joe Biden stated that they are committed to preventing child abuse and currently support means to help grasp control on child abuse in this country. 20 billion of tax payer dollars were being promised to preventing and controlling child abuse under the Obama administration. ||

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code Pelzer, Dave. //A Child Called "It."// Deerfield Beach, Flordia: Health Communications, 1995. Print. code

code "Pelzer, Dave." //Current Biography//. //Wilson Biographies//. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. code

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