Child Neglect Definition

noun

The failure of a person responsible for a child’s care and upbringing to safeguard the child’s emotional and physical health and general well-being. See also abuse.

Webster's New World Law
A form of child abuse caused by the denial of basic requirements like correct nutrition, care, and love.
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Child Neglect Sentence Examples

  • The abandonment of children is an extreme form of child neglect stemming from many causes.

  • The Angel Network's focus is on poverty, child neglect and disease.

  • Many people fail to recognize the term child neglect as one of the types of child abuse.

  • Basically, when a child's guardian fails to provide the basic comforts and needs of life, including food, shelter, clothing, and supervision, he or she could be charged with child neglect.

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