Epoch Times - Child on child sexual abuse is surging

April 17, 2026 - Epoch Times

01:31

Child on child sexual abuse is surging

Child on child sexual abuse is surging, rising from 40% to 70% of all reported cases. This dramatic shift moves the primary source of abuse from adult family members to minors interacting with one another, fueled significantly by pornography. Consequently, the landscape of child exploitation has transformed, with children now perpetrating the majority of offenses rather than adults within the home. [Automatically generated summary]
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Transcriber: CohereLabs/cohere-transcribe-03-2026, sat-12l-sm, and large-v3-turbo

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Children Predating on Each Other 00:01:31
	I read a statistic which I found just absolutely horrifying.
	I'm sure you know it.
	I'll get you to tell me.
	But just that a lot more of the sexual abuse that's happening right now is children doing it to each other.
	And I just don't even want to think about that.
	But explain that to me.
	Yeah, well, child on child sexual abuse, and sometimes it's called child on child problematic behavior, has skyrocketed.
	So, when I first started talking about this issue, it was at 40%.
	And I thought that was really bad.
	Which is, wait, 40% of all child abuse?
	40% of all reported child abuse cases were perpetrated by minors, by other children.
	That's been the case in the past.
	You're saying it's higher than that?
	It's now 70%.
	70%.
	So, what's happened?
	You don't think about that.
	I mean, we think about child abuse, we think of it happening, and we know it's.
	Often adults that are related to the families and so forth, but you never think about the children doing it to each other.
	Right.
	And it used to be some family member, you know, that is the predator.
	And that's still the case when there is an adult predator.
	It's usually someone known by the child.
	However, it has become children on children.
	That is the majority of the cases, and it's fueled by pornography.

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Children Predating on Each Other 00:01:31

I read a statistic which I found just absolutely horrifying.

I'm sure you know it.

I'll get you to tell me.

But just that a lot more of the sexual abuse that's happening right now is children doing it to each other.

And I just don't even want to think about that.

But explain that to me.

Yeah, well, child on child sexual abuse, and sometimes it's called child on child problematic behavior, has skyrocketed.

So, when I first started talking about this issue, it was at 40%.

And I thought that was really bad.

Which is, wait, 40% of all child abuse?

40% of all reported child abuse cases were perpetrated by minors, by other children.

That's been the case in the past.

You're saying it's higher than that?

It's now 70%.

70%.

So, what's happened?

You don't think about that.

I mean, we think about child abuse, we think of it happening, and we know it's.

Often adults that are related to the families and so forth, but you never think about the children doing it to each other.

Right.

And it used to be some family member, you know, that is the predator.

And that's still the case when there is an adult predator.

It's usually someone known by the child.

However, it has become children on children.

That is the majority of the cases, and it's fueled by pornography.