So we're not allowed to speak out against one instance of abuse unless we are aware of all of them? That's just silly.

We - as a society - need to be willing to speak out against parents who are publicly abusing their children.

If someone organized a 'Parents Beat Your Kids at the Beach Day', should we not intervene simply because we don't know about other kids who are being beaten within their homes? I don't think so.

Organized, public, and therefore (implicitly) sanctioned abuse is horrific.

We should speak out about what we know about.

The private abuses are harder to know about, and (I assume) they usually come to light through other members of the family, or a friend of the family, etc -- not someone who is 'prying into everyone's homes'.

So we're not allowed to speak out against one instance of abuse unless we are aware of all of them? That's just silly.

We - as a society - need to be willing to speak out against parents who are publicly abusing their children.

If someone organized a 'Parents Beat Your Kids at the Beach Day', should we not intervene simply because we don't know about other kids who are being beaten within their homes? I don't think so.

Organized, public, and therefore (implicitly) sanctioned abuse is horrific.

We should speak out about what we know about.

The private abuses are harder to know about, and (I assume) they usually come to light through other members of the family, or a friend of the family, etc -- not someone who is 'prying into everyone's homes'.