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Every day one or two children under five years old in the U. S. are killed by their parents, according to Drs. Ray E. Heifer and C. Henry Kempe of the University of Colorado, who are reporting their findings in a book, The Battered Child.  The infanticide rate is greater than the combined total taken by tuberculosis, whooping cough, polio, measles, diabetes, rheumatic fever, and appendicitis.  In addition, every hour five infants are injured by their parents or guardian.

I’m OK you’re OK, Thomas A. Harris, M.D., page 299