Make it Stop! Montana Mom Charged with Child Endangerment and DUI The media tends to focus on the "growing epidemics" like gun violence or police brutality. When statistically those "epidemics" are rather small numbers compared to even more deadly crimes taking place in our own communities. Child endangerment cases have seemed to be growing as of lately. Why? Is it because of the pandemic and parents forced to homeschool kids? Is it a substance abuse problem? Is it our own legislation failing to do what is right? Well, it is probably a combination of a lot of different things. But, it needs to STOP.