Usually means: Failure to meet child's basic needs.
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  3. Neglect, child: Merck Manuals
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Definitions from Wiktionary (child neglect)

▸ noun:  A form of child abuse caused by the denial of basic needs like proper nutrition, care, and love.

Similar:
neglect, neglection, neglectee, privation, underparenting, undernourishment, abandoning, uncare, benign neglect, innutrition, more...

Opposite:
childcare, parenting, nurturing

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Similar:
neglect, neglection, neglectee, privation, underparenting, undernourishment, abandoning, uncare, benign neglect, innutrition, more...

Opposite:
childcare, parenting, nurturing



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