neglect

Mother of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher in Virginia Gets 2 Years in Prison for Child Neglect

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect by a judge who ...

December 15, 2023BY The Associated Press
Rates of Australian Indigenous Children Put Into Protective Care a ‘National Shame’

New figures show Indigenous children form a disproportionately large number of kids who have received child protection services, including ...

May 18, 2021BY Caden Pearson
Couple Who Fostered 2 Neglected Toddler Siblings Adopt Them As ‘Forever Sons’

When a couple from Florida who already had three children of their own attended an adoption seminar almost ...

April 24, 2021BY Jenni Julander
Severely Neglected Pony Left for Dead Rescued by RSPCA, Makes Remarkable Recovery

A 3-year-old pony on the brink of death was nursed back to health thanks to the unflagging efforts ...

October 10, 2020BY Keng Onn Wong
Florida Mother Charged With Neglect After ‘Hundreds of Bugs’ Crawl out of Daughter’s Backpack: Reports

A Florida mother of five is facing five felony counts of child neglect after her daughter's school reportedly ...

May 10, 2019BY Simon Veazey
Caretaker Arrested After Bedridden Woman, Dogs, Birds Found Living in Squalor

Warning: Photos may be distressing to some viewers. A Florida man was arrested after a bedridden 67-year-old woman ...

April 26, 2019BY Janita Kan
Father, Grandmother, and Stepmother Charged in ‘Extreme Neglect’ Case

A 9-year-old girl was forced to eat off the floor, strapped to a bunk bed with a belt, ...

April 12, 2019BY Simon Veazey
“Band of Brothers” Phenomena in Toxic Families

Recently, I was talking to someone about how growing up in a dysfunctional/abusive/neglectful family created relationships between the ...

December 4, 2014BY Barbara Gay