Searching for a reason, some say that consciousness of child protection has become deeply ingrained in society, and more people are reporting abuse. Others place the blame on changes in the social fabric. They say the family unit has become dysfunctional, causing an increase in physical, mental, and sexual abuse, as well as neglect and abandonment, and misuse of parental authority.
探究原因，有人說是兒童保護的觀念已經深植人心，使得通報案件日增；也有人說是社會環境改變，家庭喪失功能，使得身體虐待、精神虐待、性虐待、疏忽、遺棄、濫用親權等各種型態的兒童虐待事件日益增加。