Not exact matches
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Administration for
Children & Families says of the percentage of the 3.3 million referrals for
child abuse and
neglect in 2009 it investigated, «Two - thirds of reports found all allegations to be unsubstantiated or
intentionally false (64.3 % and 0.1 %, respectively).»
Not
intentionally, or out of
neglect, some parents simply don't realize the degree of influence parenting style has on their
children.
[F] athers most frequently make
intentionally false reports [while] mothers and
children [are the] least likely to fabricate reports of abuse or
neglect... [D] eliberate fabrication of abuse by custodial parents is relatively low, alleviating the concerns that there is a widespread problem of custodial parents trying to manipulate the legal system or seek vengeance against their former partners... diverting attention from the more prevalent problems of unsubstantiated allegations made in good faith and unresolved investigations where suspicions of abuse or
neglect remain but can not be confirmed.
Of the
intentionally false allegations of maltreatment... custodial parents (usually mothers) and
children [are] least likely to fabricate reports of abuse or
neglect.»