Child Neglect
Child Neglect
Child Neglect is a horrible thing that occurs in the United States of America everyday. Millions of children are refused food, shelter and much other basic necessity. It is unfortunately an act that can sometimes not be as clear-cut as other crimes. Where someone getting robbed can be easily proven, it is hard to truly tell when a child is being neglected. Another thing that effect whether it is clear-cut abuse is, the fact that different places have different child rearing laws. It also hard to determine if child psychological needs are being met, which is another part of neglect.
There are many different types of neglect. When dealing with Physical neglect refers to not providing a child with basic necessities such as food clothes. Thing they need to live. Medical neglect deals with not providing the child with basic health care, medicine and not taking them to a doctor. Emotion neglect, (which is one of the hardest to prove) is when the parents fail to provide emotional support such as emotional security and encouragement. Educational neglect deals with failure to provide a child with experiences that help with necessary growth and development. This can be not sending a child to school or not providing them with an education. From what I have read, although the cause of child neglect is complex, it can be contributed to three different levels.
First is intra-personal, This deals with mothers who have an inability to plan, lack of confidence about the future, challenges handling money, not knowing the Childs needs, not being emotionally mature, being a teenage mom. Some can deal with mental health problems, particularly depression have been liked to child neglect. Substance abuse also leads to child abuse as well. All these factors affect how a parent copes with what their responsibilities are. Although this level of abuse can deal with fathers, it has been absent in study and remains largely unexposed. Due to the lack of study dealing
Child Neglect is a horrible thing that occurs in the United States of America everyday. Millions of children are refused food, shelter and much other basic necessity. It is unfortunately an act that can sometimes not be as clear-cut as other crimes. Where someone getting robbed can be easily proven, it is hard to truly tell when a child is being neglected. Another thing that effect whether it is clear-cut abuse is, the fact that different places have different child rearing laws. It also hard to determine if child psychological needs are being met, which is another part of neglect.
There are many different types of neglect. When dealing with Physical neglect refers to not providing a child with basic necessities such as food clothes. Thing they need to live. Medical neglect deals with not providing the child with basic health care, medicine and not taking them to a doctor. Emotion neglect, (which is one of the hardest to prove) is when the parents fail to provide emotional support such as emotional security and encouragement. Educational neglect deals with failure to provide a child with experiences that help with necessary growth and development. This can be not sending a child to school or not providing them with an education. From what I have read, although the cause of child neglect is complex, it can be contributed to three different levels.
First is intra-personal, This deals with mothers who have an inability to plan, lack of confidence about the future, challenges handling money, not knowing the Childs needs, not being emotionally mature, being a teenage mom. Some can deal with mental health problems, particularly depression have been liked to child neglect. Substance abuse also leads to child abuse as well. All these factors affect how a parent copes with what their responsibilities are. Although this level of abuse can deal with fathers, it has been absent in study and remains largely unexposed. Due to the lack of study dealing