Sadly, child neglect is a harsh reality for many children. Understanding the warning signs of neglect can help us identify those in need and take action to protect them.

Child neglect is defined as any egregious act or omission by a parent or other caregiver that deprives a child of basic age-appropriate needs and thereby results, or has reasonable potential to ...

Two women accused of child neglect after 5-year-olds shut in shed in Florida heat - A mother and grandmother in Florida are ...

A Turley couple has been arrested on charges of felony child neglect and misdemeanor littering after authorities discovered ...

The most recent National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (from 2005 to 2006) estimated that the rate of child abuse and neglect was 17.2 of every 1,000 children, totaling more than 1.25 ...

Untreated, the effects of child abuse and neglect, the researchers found, can profoundly influence victims’ physical and mental health, their ability to control emotions and impulses, their ...

A mother and grandmother were arrested after they allegedly abandoned two young, malnourished children in a shed that was ...

Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) determined the home to be unsafe, and the children were released into the ...

“For this particular problem, folks are in a form of legal jeopardy,” Jim Greiner, the faculty director at Harvard’s Access to Justice Lab, said of parents accused of child neglect.

A Raleigh mother is charged with two counts of felony child neglect after her two young children, aged 1 and 4, died in a ...

The children, a 4-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl, were left unattended when the fire happened, police said.

Indianapolis police are investigating the deaths of 4 children in January. “Each investigation is heartbreaking," said Sgt. Nicolle Flynn of her role as a child abuse detective.