Awareness of this is critical. But that isn't enough. In the 70s, I worked for three years as a "front-line" caseworker in child protective services. The greatest problem in dealing with these horrific cases was caseload; when I began, the average caseload was twenty. Upon leaving, the number had grown to sixty. During those years, budget cuts (that sped up during the Reagan years) made improvements impossible. 
Today, nothing has improved. The full-scale assault on taxation, that it itself is some sort of evil, combined with the tarring of agencies that legally remove children and that can only provide marginal shelter, has made the problem worse.
The core problem is the lack of resources because of the silence of our elected officials. 
It is shocking, repellent, and sad for me to consider that nothing has improved--- that it actually is worse--- since my tenure so many years ago. 
Shame upon our society. We are quick to say we love our kids but do very little to protect them.