Editing Child neglect (section)

==Definition==
Neglect is difficult to define since there are no clear, [[cross-cultural]] standards for desirable or minimally adequate [[child-rearing]] practices.<ref name=Gau0>Gaudin, J M (1999) ''Child Neglect: Short-term and Long-term Outcomes''. In H Dubowitz (ed) Neglected Children: Research, Practice and Policy. Thousand Oaks: Sage.</ref> Research shows that neglect often coexists with other forms of abuse and adversity.<ref name=Dan0>Daniel, B (2005) ''Introduction to Issues for Health and Social Care in Neglect''. In J Taylor & B Daniel (eds) Child Neglect: Practice Issues for Health and Social Care (11-25). London & Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.</ref><ref name=CC0>{{cite journal | last1 = Claussen | first1 = A | last2 = Cicchetti | first2 = P | year = 1991 | title = Physical and Psychological Maltreatment: Relations among Types of Maltreatment | journal = Child Abuse and Neglect | volume = 15 | issue = 1–2| pages = 5–18 | doi=10.1016/0145-2134(91)90085-r| pmid = 2029672 | doi-access = free }}</ref> While neglect generally refers to the absence of parental care and the chronic failure to meet children's [[basic needs]], defining those needs has not been straightforward. In "Working Together", the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)]]<ref name=Df0>Department for Education and Skills (2006) Working Together to Safeguard Children: a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. London: DfES.</ref> defined neglect in 2006 as:

<blockquote>...the persistent failure to meet a child's basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child's health or development. Neglect may occur during pregnancy as a result of maternal substance use disorders. Once a child is born, neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to provide adequate food, clothing and shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment); protect a child from physical and emotional harm or danger; ensure adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate care-givers), or ensure access to appropriate medical care or treatment. It may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to, a child's basic emotional needs.</blockquote>

Child neglect is commonly defined as a failure by a child's caregiver to meet a child's physical, emotional, educational, or medical needs.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Child Welfare Information Gateway|title=Acts of omission: An overview of child neglect.|date=2012|publisher=U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau.|location=Washington, DC|url=https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/focus/acts/|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> Forms of child neglect include: Allowing the child to witness violence or severe abuse between parents or adults, ignoring, insulting, or threatening the child with violence, not providing the child with a safe environment and adult emotional support, and showing reckless disregard for the child's well-being.<ref>{{cite news|title=Child Neglect and Psychological Abuse|newspaper=New York Times|date=2011| access-date= 17 November 2012|url=http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/child-neglect-and-psychological-abuse/overview.html?emc=eta2}}</ref>

Other definitions of child neglect are: 
*"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." per Webster's New World Law Dictionary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourdictionary.com/law/child-neglect|title=child neglect |work=Webster's New World Law Dictionary|publisher=Wiley Publishing, Inc.|location= Hoboken, New Jersey
|access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref>
*"Acts of [[Omission (criminal law)|omission]]: failure to provide for a child's basic physical, emotional, or educational needs or to protect a child from harm or potential harm. [...] harm to a child may or may not be the intended consequence. Failure to provide [results in] physical neglect, emotional neglect, medical/dental neglect, and educational neglect. The failure to supervise [results in] inadequate supervision, exposure to violent environments." per the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]<ref name = CDC>{{cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/CMP/CMP-Surveillance.htm | access-date = 2008-10-20 | publisher = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] | title = ''Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Uniform Definitions for Public Health and Recommended Data Elements'' | date = 2008-01-01 | author = Leeb RT |author2=Paulozzi LJ |author3=Melanson C |author4=Simon TR |author5=Arias I }}</ref>
*"The persistent failure to meet a child's basic physical and/or psychological needs resulting in serious impairment of health and/or development."<ref name=TT0>Turney, D & Tanner, K (2005). ''Understanding and Working with Neglect''. Research in Practice: Every Child Matters Research Briefings 10:</ref>{{rp|1–8}}

The definition of child neglect is broad. There are no specific guidelines that determine when a child is being neglected; therefore, it is up to state government agencies and professional groups to determine what is considered neglect.<ref>Welch, Ginger, Heather Johnson, and Laura Wilhelm. "Neglected Child: How to Recognize, Respond, and Prevent". Beltsville, MD, USA: Gryphon House, 2013. ProQuest ebrary. Web.</ref>{{rp|13}} In general, child neglect is considered the failure of parents or caregivers to meet the needs that are necessary for the mental, physical, and emotional development of a child.<ref>Polonko, Karen A. "Exploring assumptions about child neglect with the broader field of child maltreatment". Journal of Health and Human Services Administration. Vol. 29 Issue 3, pp. 260–84. 25p. Southern Public Administration Education Foundation</ref>{{rp|262}}

Child neglect is one of the most common forms of [[child maltreatment]], and it continues to be a serious problem for many children. Child neglect tremendously affects the [[physical development]], [[mental development]], and [[Infant#Emotional development|emotional development]] of a child causing long-term consequences, such as poor [[academic achievement]], [[depression (mood)]], and [[personality disorder]]s. These consequences also impact society, since it is more likely that children who suffered from child neglect will have [[substance use disorder]] problems and educational failure when they grow up.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK195987/ |title=Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect |author1=National Research Council |author2=Institute of Medicine |author3=Committee on Law and Justice |author4=Youth Board on Children|author5=((Policy Committee on Child Maltreatment Research)) |last6=Feit|first6=Monica|last7=Joseph|first7=Joshua|last8=Petersen|first8=Anne C.|date=2014-03-25|publisher=National Academies Press (US)|language=en}}</ref>