This op-ed appears in the online edition of the Louisville, Ky., Courier-Journal, March 31, 2015 April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. And while it’s a good time to shine a spotlight on child abuse and neglect, it’s important to understand that children are injured, physically, emotionally, sexually, in the Greater Louisville area and elsewhere every day. Last year, in Jefferson County, 3,467 children were victims of abuse and neglect. Statewide that number totaled more than 19,000, and 12 of those children died. Another 29 were severely injured. In the last five years, there were 350 child fatalities and near fatalities […]