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Parental neglect refers to a condition characterized by parental Failure

Parental neglect refers to a condition characterized by parental failure to attend appropriately the physical psychological and social needs of the child Khaleque 1 One deeply damaging and under recognized type of abuse is parental neglect In Jeannette Walls book The Glass Castle Jeannette's parents neglect nearly results in her death multiple times with explosions fires and downright dangerous living quarters Neglecting a child has serious consequences including social deficiencies mental problems ignorance and physical problems Physical parental neglect leads to unsafe environments which can cause serious injury Physically neglected children s parents ignore the child's environment and circumstances Neglect may not initially present as very urgent but when the child finds themselves in a dangerous situation with no help from their parents this causes a dangerous possibly lethal problem When a child becomes severely injured or finds themselves in a traumatic situation it is known as a childhood traumatic event and on occasion will cause PTSD post traumatic stress disorder These issues called ACEs adverse childhood experiences group together all traumatic events such as abuse and parental mental illness People with more than one ACE have worse health outcomes Natalie Burke with TED talk states The higher your ACE score the worse your health outcome For a person with an ACE score of four or more their risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was two and half times that of someone with a score of zero



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