| has gloss | eng: Day care sex abuse hysteria was a panic that occurred primarily in the 1980s and early 1990s featuring claims of satanic ritual abuse and several forms of child abuse against daycare providers. A prominent case in Kern County, California, first brought the issue of day care sexual abuse to the forefront of the public awareness, and the issue figured prominently in news coverage for almost a decade. The Kern County case was followed by cases elsewhere in the United States as well as Canada, New Zealand, Brazil, and various European countries. |