There is no gainsaying that children and adolescents in Jamaica live under significant stress, often existing in the proximity of violence and other forms of abuse –  or being the victims of it. 
Statistics, from two years back, point to some improvement. Jamaica’s Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) reported that it received 13,531 reports for the period 2023-24, of which 6,314 were distress calls to the child abuse reporting helpline,