National Coalition for Child Protection Reform / 53 Skyhill Road (Suite 202) / Alexandria, Virginia, 22314 (703) 212-2006 / www.nccpr.org / nccpr@nccpr.org INCREASING MANDATORY REPORTING OF ALLEGED CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT WILL HURT CHILDREN By Richard Wexler, NCCPR Executive Director, December 11, 2011 In the wake of the Penn State cases, there have been calls to increase the number of people required to report any suspicion of child abuse or neglect. Some proposals would make every American a mandated reporter. There are a series of problems with these proposals: endangered children: