And America wonders why younger generations are disengaged.

• One in 10 children will experience contact sexual abuse in the U.S. before age 18
• More than 50% of sex abuse survivors were sexually abused before the age of 12
• One in 25 children (10-17) will receive an online sexual solicitation
• Of substantiated reports of child maltreatment in the US, 9% were unique survivors of sexual abuse
• The average age for a minor to enter the sex trade is 12 – 14
• 42.2% girls experiencing their first completed rape did so before the age of 18 (29.9% between 11-17 years old and 12.3% at or before age 10)
• Over one-quarter of male victims of completed rape experienced their first rape at or before the age of 10
• Children with disabilities are 2.9 times more likely than children without disabilities to be sexually abused
• Children with intellectual and mental health disabilities appear to be the most at risk, with 4.6 times the risk of sexual abuse as their peers without disabilities
• At least 31% of girls and 7% of boys involved in the juvenile justice system have been sexually abused Source