child neglect

collocation in English

meaningsofchildandneglect

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child
noun[C]
uk
/tʃaɪld/us
/tʃaɪld/
a boy or girl from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of ...
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neglect
noun[U]
uk
/nɪˈɡlekt/us
/nɪˈɡlekt/
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care ...
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(Definition ofchildandneglectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Reporting and founding ofchildneglectin urban and rural communities.
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Similarly, legislation againstchildneglectdidn't come until near the end of the century (1889-93).
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Definingchildneglectbased on child protective services data.
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The majority of these maltreatment reports involvedchildneglectwhere the mother was the perpetrator.
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In the 1960schildneglecttended to set the agenda and framed most of the incidents recorded in the station story books.
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Childneglectcomprises a broad range of inadequate parental care, including failure to provide or ensure food, clothing, shelter, supervision, medical care, and education.
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Their parents are not guilty ofchildneglectin the ordinary sense of the term.
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We must not imagine thatchildneglectis confined to one class of the community only.
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We have women working in industry who are unable to look after their children, and then wonder why we have problems ofchildneglect.
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We have no plans to instigate a report on how cases ofchildneglectare being dealt with.
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The second element which is common in cases ofchildneglectdemands that management systems should be established to improve communication.
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The penalty proposed will not only delay the return to work but may lead tochildneglectamong the most vulnerable in our society.
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There are bad parents, as we see from the newspapers from time to time in cases ofchildneglect.
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