The Cause And Effects Of Parents, Love Thy Children

This could lead to deficits in cognitive and social skills or even mental retardation (DePanfilis 2006; Shipman and Taussing 2009). While neglect is generally the omission of care, this lack of care can lead children to sustain injuries from a lack of adequate supervision (DePanfilis 2006). These physical injuries may not be directly caused by the parent, but the inattention of the parent left the child in a harmful situation. It has been found that children may also suffer from intellectual damages, and have lower IQ scores (DePanfilis 2006). Socially, children may have a hard time coping. They suffer from mistrust, difficulty understanding emotions, impaired cognition and have a lack of empathy (DePanfilis

The experience of child neglect makes a child’s life miserable, but it can affect all aspects of their development. C. Thesis Statement The impacts of child neglect include restricted brain development, social- emotional and communication development.

The effects this abandonment has on a child are ever lasting and may not go away with therapy or being adopted. According to the article "The Neglect Of Child Neglect: A Meta-Analytic Review Of The Prevalence Of Neglect" it states, “Infancy is recognized as the period between the second postnatal month and two years, previous to the mid- childhood. In humans the period is extremely sensitive to maternal investment mother dependence for survival, and is characterized by rapid neural growth” (Stoltenborgh, Bakermans-Kranenburg, Ijzendoorn). The child develops neurological damage due to being left by the person who was supposed to care and protect them throughout their life.

The issue of child neglect is one of the most current forms of child maltreatment especially in the United States. According to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, child neglect is referred to as a kind of maltreatment which relates to the failure of a caregiver to offer the needed, age-appropriate care, despite the fact that the parent may be financially stable to do so (Conte 13). Neglect in many instances is described by an ongoing pattern that relates to lack of care and is observed by individuals in close contact with a child.

Throughout the duration of this course, we can establish that neglect is a form of child maltreatment. By definition, child neglect occurs when the child’s parent or caretaker fails to provide basic, fundamental needs to the child (e.g., physical, emotional, medical, or educational) (Miller-Perrin & Perrin, 2013). It is a maltreatment that commonly begins at an early age and can be built to something more chronic in his/her life (Hildyard, 2002). Initial neglect can result in short-term consequences such as anxious or disorganized style of attachment; recognizing and distinguishing emotion in others; and intelligence and problem-solving skills (Rhoades, 2017). However, the consequences can persist and develop long-term. This paper will investigate

In the study Differential Profiles of Adaptive Behavior of Maltreated Children they compared the differences in adaptive behavior between children who were abused, neglected, and a comparison group. Children who had been abused had a lower adaptive behavior then the comparison group, but the neglected children had a “moderately low range for all three domains” (Viezel, Lowell, Davis, Castillo 2014 p. 577). With the findings they suggested that neglected children would have delays in coping skills, personal care skills, expressive communication, and the inability to participate in appropriate play. “This is consistent with previous research that suggested; youth who were neglected experienced difficulties in social interactions, social withdrawal, and isolation” (Viezel et al 2014 p. 577). Child neglect has yet to gain a lot of attention or interventions when compared to child physical abuse, this is concerning since research suggests that child neglect has significant delays to their

Neglected children can be “orphans and unwanted or illegitimate children” (Cloninger, 2008). They tend no one will sustain them and life tasks are difficult. However, “parental neglect can a lead a child to adopt a pampered style of life” (Cloninger, 2008), which is a imaginary purpose rather than have been pampered in their life.

This is why it is crucial to understand that people know and understand that these children need help and do not function the same as a child who has not experienced neglect. Neglect can affect a child’s emotions, ability to see right from wrong, and identify consequences of actions (Children’s Bureau, 2013). It can also lead to depression. “When a child is abused or witnesses abuse, he or she learns that violence is a method used to control others” (Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect, 2016). Reactive attachment Disorder (RAD) is commonly found in children who are maltreated or raised in institutions (Zeanah,

Tufford, Bogo, & Asakura (2015) states “the domains of child maltreatment include both child abuse (wilful acts such as physical, sexual and emotional abuse which harm a child) and neglect (failure to provide for a child’s basic needs) (Fontes, 2005)” (Tufford, Bogo, & Asakura 2015, p. 3). These areas will have a life-altering impact on a child’s life and it might change how they view people and things around them. Tufford, Bogo, & Asakura (2015) states “neglect, as a form of child maltreatment, can take many forms such as failing to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, supervision, medical care, emotional care or education” ((Tufford, Bogo, & Asakura 2015, p. 3). Neglect is also big issue just as Tufford, Bogo, & Asakura (2015) mentioned, not giving a sufficient amount of food, not providing them with emotional support or proper education or medical care could put a child in this category. Therefore, simply providing a child with their basic needs can solve the problem, although not everyone can afford this basic needs because of life’s situations. Situation like poverty, lack of work, and others can cause this to happen. This is why Tufford, Bogo, & Asakura (2015) also states that “Child Neglect can often be confounded by poverty, inadequate housing and dangerous neighbourhoods as parents or caretakers have fewer resources to provide children with the care they need (Jonson-Reid, Drake, & Zhou, 2013)” ((Tufford, Bogo, &

When children are neglected they don’t learn about love, trust, empathy, and how to interact with others. As a result they may not learn them later in life.

In recent years, there have been numerous studies and research evidence presented that expose the negative effects that early maltreatment and adversity, as well as poor parent-child attachments can have on children. The 2012 Children’s Bureau reported that an estimated 1,640 children died from maltreatment that year. Of that number, 70% experienced neglect and 44% experienced abuse (USDHHS, 2012). This maltreatment, according to the Modified Maltreatment Classification System, includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect (English & Longscan Investigators, 1997). A majority of studies focus on the neurological, physiological, environmental and behavioral consequences, but few studies have examined the effect early adversity has

I. Introduction A. Attraction Sentence Jolie had been raised by her two alcoholic parents. She have been going through tough times during her childhood as she had been neglected by her parent. B. General Statements Most parents and caregivers do not intend to hurt their children but resulting as neglect towards their child. According to statistics by Human Society, ten out of thousands children per year experienced traumatized by physical, emotional and intellectual towards their parents or caregivers who neglect them.

“Child neglect is the most prevalent, but least empirically studied, form of child maltreatment” (De Bellis, 2005). Perhaps because is lacks the obvious physical effects present with abuse, it is often overshadowed. Neglect can be defined as, “the failure by the caregiver to provide needed age appropriate care,” that addresses the child’s physical

The oppressed in our society also include individuals who have suffered abuse and neglect. Hundreds of thousands of children have been placed in the foster care system due to an array of maltreatment (Child Welfare). Children who are neglected do not experience the same developmental advantages as children raised in a nurturing environment. Research has shown that neglect in the early years of life affects a child’s brain development (Hamilton). Studies have also shown that the impact of neglect may become more severe as a child grows older and eventually have lasting effects on intellectual, behavioral, social, and cognitive development (DePanfilis). Acknowledging the significance of

Of all the reported American child maltreatment in 2013, 79.5% of victims experienced neglect, more than four times the victims that were physically abused (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013). Neglect is one of the most common forms of child maltreatment and public awareness of this problem was raised in the 1960s by the work of C. Henry Page 1 of 1Kempe which described the battered-child syndrome. It was only then that child maltreatment was regarded as a serious social problem. Since then, a new field has grown, with professionals researching to understand the problem and effective interventions needed and yet, neglect is still often given less attention than child physical and sexual abuse. The signs of neglect are usually less visible than the physical signs of abuse but it is just as detrimental to the general early development of children as abuse. By examining the consequences of neglect in children on their cognitive development, the problem can be slowly addressed and resolved to a certain extent. Not only does it affect cognitive, language and emotional development in children, it can also result in long term consequences such as poor academic performance and attachment problems. However, research has shown that an enriching environment given to the children once they are out of an environment of neglect can promote resilience which to a certain extent can recover the effects of neglect on various aspects of development.