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Child Abuse: Saddest and Most Tragic Problem Today
Child abuse is one of the saddest and most tragic problems in America
today. Each year an estimated one to two million American children are being
beaten, neglected, or sexually abused by their parents or guardians. Infants
only a few days old as well as teenagers are subject ....
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.... willful failure to act to stop this from
happening to the child.
Physical neglect is defined as failure to provide for a child's physical
survival needs to the extent that there is harm or risk of harm to the child's
health and safety. Physical neglect includes these four things: inadequate
food, inadequate shelter, inadequate medical care, and inadequate supervision.
Forty-two percent of all child abuse reports involve allegations of physical
neglect. The inadequate food element includes a child intentionally or
deliberately not getting fed or given water. It also includes a d ....
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