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A woman has been charged with child neglect after a toddler was found abandoned in a pram in the street. The two-and-a-half-year-old girl was disco...
Nine out of 10 teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect are suffering from neglect, y...
A woman who killed her four-month-old son when she knocked a five-stone television set on to his head while she was high on drink and drugs has been j...
The brains in this image both belong to three-year-old children, yet the difference in size is dramatic. What's even more dramatic is that the var...
We don't currently live in a country that practices population control, and the poor children that the government seeks to punish simply for existing are already here and a part of our society. We can't send them back, nor should we wish them away.
A survey of social workers published in Community Care today, in partnership with the NSPCC, reveals that just one in 10 were confident that children suffering neglect were being properly protected.
My daughter has settled into nursery alarmingly quickly. When I went to pick her up for the first time she seemed very happy to see me and gave me a gratifyingly forceful hug. But I had seen her before she spotted me and she was clearly having a fantastic time.
A mother and stepfather who forced their 11-year-old son to live in a filthy converted coal bunker will be sentenced today. Bullied and constantly ...
Around half of children who entered care as a result of abuse or neglect are abused again when they return. Children tell the NSPCC that they suffer repeated instances of physical, sexual and emotional abuse.
The law on child abuse is failing to protect children suffering neglect and emotional trauma and needs updating, according to a report published today...
Key agencies "poorly managed" the care of a 10-year-old boy who hanged himself in his bedroom, a report has concluded. Harry Hucknall, a cousin of ...
Both professionals and the public feel powerless to help in suspected cases of child neglect, campaigners warned today. More than half of social wo...
A woman who murdered her toddler son and concealed his body has been jailed for life and told she must serve a minimum of 15 years. Kimberley Haine...
Kimberley Hainey, the mother found guilty of murdering her son, forced the toddler to live in squalor, pictures released on Wednesday revealed. Dec...
A Three-year-old has died after his father allegedly stuffed him in a washing machine and switched it on as a "punishment" for throwing classmate's dr...
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Three adopted children "rescued" from their drug addicted parents went on to suffer a decade of systematic abuse and neglect at t...
