What is the Definition of Child Neglect?
Although definitions of neglect vary slightly from state to state, generally it is defined as the failure of a parent or other person with responsibility for the child to provide needed food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision such that the child’s health, safety, and well-being are threatened with harm. Almost half the states (24) include failure to educate the child as required by law in their definition of neglect. Young children are at greatest risk of severe injury or death from abuse. In fact, nearly 80% of the 1,740 children who died due to abuse in 2008 were under age four. Read on Child Abuse Prevention Month Display Blue Ribbons Kidnapped Woman Returns after Eighteen Years Child Abuse Awareness In-Home Visitation Programs are Effective in Reducing Child Abuse and Neglect Focusing prevention and intervention efforts on society’s youngest children makes sense. Not only are young children at greatest risk for maltreatment, but the impact of trauma and violence on a
