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neglect  

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  • The degree to which a parent fails to provide minimal standards of care and nurturance. Thus neglect is a form of child abuse but is viewed more as omission of appropriate parenting toward children, rather than commission of inappropriate and destructive behavior toward children. [Source: The Dictionary of Family Psychology and Family Therapy; neglect]

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