Angelina Jolie Pens Op-Ed About Increase in Child Abuse Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

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Angelina Jolie is speaking out in support of children. In an op-ed for , the 44-year-old actress writes about the safety of children amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Though kids aren't as susceptible to the virus itself, Jolie writes that they are «especially vulnerable to so many of the secondary impacts of the pandemic on society.»The main vulnerability that Jolie focuses on is abuse, something that she writes is more likely during these times because kids are being required to self-isolate alongside their parents or guardians.«Isolating a victim from family and friends is a well-known tactic of control by abusers, meaning that the social distancing that is necessary to stop COVID-19 is one that will inadvertently fuel a direct rise in