Sentences with phrase «of abuse or neglect of»

In deciding child custody, the court considers the best interests of the children, the wishes and concerns of the parents, the child's wishes and concerns, the child's relationship with their parents, siblings, and extended family, the child's adjustment and development at home, school, and in the community, the mental and physical health of the parents, child, and siblings, the parental history of paying child support, the parental history of abuse or neglect of any child, the denial of other parent's rights to visitation, and any parental relocation plans.

If you tell your counselor of abuse or neglect of a child or a vulnerable adult, a report must be made to appropriate authorities.

While it is difficult to obtain hard data on the frequency of abuse or neglect of nursing home residents, the numbers that are available are sobering.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, of 256 dog bite - related fatalities from 2000 - 2009 found co-occurring factors in more than 80 % of the deadly incidents, such as the absence of an able - bodied person to stop the attack, a history of abuse or neglect of the dog and the failure by owners to neuter the dogs.

Generally, the appropriate humane society or SPCA will have authority over cases of abuse or neglect of animals.

If you are aware of abuse or neglect of an animal, it is your responsibility to contact Animal Control in your area.

«The trauma of abuse or neglect of a child can have life - long consequences.

Not exact matches

Of 60,000 adoptees from Russia to the U.S., only 19 have died from abuse or neglect in the last 20 years, according to The Christian Science Monitor.

Ed Bridge, fourth - generation leader of Ben Bridge Jeweler, one of several Berkshire jewelry store chains, has helped raised millions of dollars for children who are victims of catastrophic illness, abuse, or neglect.

Matt said it was hearing some of the stories about the animals that come in who are abused or neglected.

Perhaps the most common use of the language of parental rights is to protect the possessive claims of those whose history of abuse or neglect as parents has largely undermined their claim to the title.

One of Wallerstein's surprising and encouraging findings was that even people who had suffered terrible abuse or neglect in childhood could still form happy and satisfying «rescue» marriages — marriages that healed the hurts of the past and enabled people to raise their children lovingly and well.

Most Spot - On: Jamie, the Very Worst Missionary with «Human, Like Jesus» «Maybe we need to be praying less for some kind of divine intervention and more for the simple compassion to stop injuring, using, abusing, or neglecting the people that cross our paths in a given day.»

p. 409) Knowing that his or her confession of child abuse or neglect will be reported, the offending party will not make confession or seek counseling.

«A person commits an offense,» the code reads, «if the person has cause to believe that a child's welfare has been or may be further adversely affected by abuse or neglect and knowingly fails to report in accordance with Section 34.02 of this Code» (Section 34.04) This is augmented by another section that describes who is exempt from the provisions:

Indeed, the Texas attorney general handed down a legal opinion last summer stating that state law required him to prosecute clergy and church workers who failed to report suspicion of child abuse or neglect.

In any proceeding regarding the abuse or neglect of a child or the cause of any abuse or neglect, evidence may not be excluded on the ground of privileged communication except in the case of communications between attorney and client [Sec. 34.07].

This is the natural consequence of the logic of exchange as the foundation of worth and value: if worth is based upon what one has or knows or achieves, those who have little by society's standards become worthless and expendable, objects of scorn, neglect and abuse.

Sadly the church (as the religious in the times of Jesus) has those that like the status but neglect the «true religion» in the biblical case of looking after widows and orphans or caring for the abused.

This past September Maine became one of many states that require clergy to report signs of possible child abuse or neglect that they may learn about in the course of their work.

Without hunger, our consumption will lead us deeper and deeper into acts of oblivious or intentional neglect, abuse, exploitation of those who are hungry.

How women, abused by their husbands or neglected because of affairs, would try to go to the pastors for counseling, for advice, for help.

Wiens Family Cellars Movie in the Vines / August 3 / 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Join us for a presentation of the movie Babe and help support Sale Ranch Sanctuary, a local non-profit sanctuary offering forever homes to animals who have been neglected, abused or discarded.

As I said in http://phdinparenting.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/no-cry-it-out/#comment-129"rel = «nofollow» > Comment 8, «If someone else is on the verge of having a complete breakdown, is at extreme risk of neglecting or abusing themselves or their kids during the day due to nighttime problems or feels that their marriage is going to fall apart, then they need to do something about their sleep situation.

These included three categories of abuse, two of neglect, and five related to growing up in a «seriously dysfunctional household»: witnessing domestic violence, having divorced parents, or having family members who had been incarcerated or had mental illness or substance - abuse problems.

But while it is true that behaviors like neglect and abuse can exert a disturbingly powerful influence on children, it is also true that the effect of some detrimental parental behaviors can be diminished or even reversed if those behaviors change.

I guess my message is — babies (short of neglect or abuse) will survive one way or other as long as they're fed.

Federal legislation provides guidance to States by identifying a minimum set of acts or behaviors that define child abuse and neglect.

Child abuse in sports can arise in a number of different contexts: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect.

The well meaning advice and thoughts of naysayers just don't bother me anymore... well, okay sometimes they do... like when they insinuate that my choices on vaccines or positive discipline border on child abuse or neglect... then I have a few choice words to say.

Most of these children have been abused, neglected or abandoned.

Even if children are being reared in very poor living conditions, no one has a right to take the children away from their parents unless the situation fits the criteria of abuse or neglect.

There are many uses for such a questionnaire, such as: a) helping place at - risk children (e.g., abused, neglected, diagnosed) with safe and nurturing parents, b) potentially reducing the number of failed adoption placements, c) protecting children from at - risk adults, and d) screening foster / adoptive families to reduce the possibility of abuse and / or neglect.

Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is usually the result of a disruption of or trauma to the attachment process such as a history of physical or sexual abuse, neglect and / or frequent change in caregivers within the first three years of a child's life.

We know from the ACE study that for 95 % of children exposed to domestic violence, there is also substance abuse, mental illness, neglect, abuse, or incarceration within their home.

In most courtrooms, the story of a defendant's terrible childhood — what types of abuse or neglect may have prompted him or her to commit crimes — is often told at the very end of the court process when a judge decides which sentence to impose.

Massage is not recommended for children with heart defects, brittle bones or a history of seizures, but it's a good option for infants with neonatal problems, abuse or neglect.

As long as no one's children are at risk of being neglected or abused (or their choices affect the well - being of your children), live and let live — just don't talk about it.

[Note: Unless there is a case of proven abuse or neglect, you do not have control over how your ex will parent your child.

Gershoff notes too that the US Department of Health and Human Services (2001) indicated that 13 of every 1000 children are abused or neglected.

This policy change requiring adopted children to be seen by a physician and a dentist annually is expected to ensure that they are seen by someone in a position to recognize any signs of abuse or neglect.

One study shows that more than 12 percent of kids face emotional abuse or neglect.

Is the risk of attachment disorder related to age at adoption, time spent in an orphanage, or is it just deprivation / abuse / neglect?

ACEs usually refers to the 10 types of childhood adversity that were measured in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, a family member who's an alcoholic or addicted to other drugs, a family member diagnosed with a mental illness, witnessing a mother being abused, a family member in prison, and loss of a parent through separation or divorce.

A court in the District of Columbia assumes that joint custody is in the best interests of the child unless there's a history of child abuse, neglect, parental kidnapping or family violence.

CAP youth have usually come into foster care at a later age after being a victim of abuse or neglect and may have been bounced from home to home or spent time in group homes.

An infant or child abandoned by the birth mother; neglected in the orphanage; sometimes abused or injured; then put in the arms of complete strangers from a different culture is going to be traumatized.

When the subject of «postpartum depression» (PPD) comes up in the news, it is often accompanied by misinformation and erroneously linked to mothers who commit infanticide, abuse or neglect their children.

Be observant for any signs of child neglect or abuse.

When parental attachments don't form properly (as a result of abuse, neglect or harmful parenting), the child is less likely to develop a strong sense of independence.