The saying "it takes a village to raise a child" suggests this explanation for child abuse:

a. displacement of aggression—parents don't have a village to complain to
b. fatherless homes—fathers are uninvolved/not part of the "village" in rearing children
c. history of abuse—society is too tolerant of abuse
d. social isolation—parents rear their children alone in isolated nuclear families


d

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