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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: child neglect

child neglect stories: 11 news summaries
ANALYSIS

 Parental Neglect a Thorny Issue 

Sometimes parental desires clash with those of authorities

May 23, 09 6:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Parental neglect” is a tricky term that may indicate just the opposite: devoted parents who care for their children, but in a way authorities oppose, Kate Dailey writes in Newsweek. It’s a paradox illustrated by two moms who fled with their sons this week, one to prevent him... More »

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cancer • parenting • chemotherapy • parents • Minnesota • child neglect • Hodgkin's disease • Daniel Hauser • Colleen Hauser

Mother Gains Notoriety After Kicking Kids
to the Curb

Park Ave. lawyer pulls 'bad mommy' move

Apr 23, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The quiet suburban life of Madlyn Primoff—a mother of two who litigated international financial disputes for a Park Avenue law firm—has come undone in a wash of publicity, the Journal News reports, after her kids’ bickering proved too annoying in downtown White Plains last weekend. In a bit... More »

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road rage • lawyer • child neglect • daughter • moms • mother

Enquirer
Targets Palin's
In-Laws

Todd's brother charged in drunken hit-and-run incident

Sep 17, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer takes another swing at Sarah Palin's colorful family again this week—this time wielding not unnamed sources but Alaskan court documents. It seems that her brother-in-law James had a drunk-driving hit-and-run arrest in 1989, when he was 20. According to records, he hit a woman, breaking her... More »

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Alaska • drugs • drunk driving • child neglect • hit-and-run • Sarah Palin • Todd Palin

Caylee's Mom Charged With Theft, Fraud

Faces 3rd arrest as protesters dog suspected killer

Sep 12, 08 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Casey Anthony, the mother of missing 3-year-old Caylee, was officially charged yesterday with grand theft, ID fraud and check forgery involving a friend, Florida Today reports. After being busted on child neglect—and the theft charges unconnected to her daughter’s disappearance—Anthony could now face a third arrest on... More »

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child neglect • grand theft • check fraud • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

UK Weighs Taking Fat Kids From Parents

Dangerously chubby children may end up in social service system

Aug 16, 08 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Local government leaders in Britain warn that they may need to take drastic action to protect the health of dangerously overweight children—including taking them away from their parents, the Independent reports. They predict that a million British children will be clinically obese within four years, and that the social... More »

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obesity • parenting • childhood obesity • United Kingdom • obesity epidemic • children • child neglect • Britain

Girl's Death Moves Philly Mayor to
Tears, Fury

Suspends 7 in uproar over starved teen

Aug 5, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philly mayor Michael Nutter was visibly enraged today as he announced the suspension of seven city social workers who failed to prevent the starving death of a young girl, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Nutter was responding to a grand jury report that found the negligence of caseworkers abetted Danieal Kelly’... More »

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Health and Human Services • bureaucracy • starvation • Philadelphia • child neglect • Michael Nutter • city government • Danieal Kelly

Dad Caged Daughters While He Worked

Girls, 2 and 5, found locked in wire cage
in father's truck

Jul 4, 08 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Illinois father has confessed to keeping his two young daughters locked in a cage in his truck while he worked, the Chicago Tribune reports. The trash and scrap-metal collector told police that he kept the girls, ages 2 and 5, locked up because he couldn't find a babysitter—and... More »

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Chicago • child abuse • social services • child neglect • foster homes

Dungeon Daughter Will Probably Die

Police would consider murder charges against Fritzl

May 2, 08 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kerstin Fritzl, the eldest of Josef Fritzl’s “downstairs family,” has slipped into a coma from which she is unlikely to recover, the Daily Telegraph reports. “She is suffering from multiple organ failure,” said a hospital spokesman. “That means her chances of survival are... More »

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Austria • child abuse • child neglect • coma • Josef Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Kerstin Fritzl

 1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated 

Study finds parents 'not being able to really care' for newborns

Apr 3, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 1 in 50 US children under age 1 is a victim of nonfatal neglect or abuse—particularly among the uninsured, a survey finds. One-third of the 91,000 victims were a week or younger when the maltreatment occurred. "It's not primarily kids being hit, but parents … not... More »

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parenting • health insurance • drug addiction • medical costs • child abuse • abuse • infant • child neglect • new parents • newborn • uninsured • medical care

Maddy Cops:
We Goofed

Early mistakes will make case against parents nearly impossible: source

Sep 16, 07 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Portuguese police believe that early mistakes in the Madeleine McCann case have crippled their investigation, a source has told the Observer. Police are now unified in suspecting Maddy's parents in her disappearance, but it will be nearly impossible to bring charges against them due to lack of evidence.... More »

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Madeleine McCann • homicide • Portugal • disappearance • child neglect • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann

With Parent Away at War, Child Abuse Increases

Stressed women more likely to mistreat kids

Aug 1, 07 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Incidents of child abuse and neglect rise significantly when the Army's deployment of one spouse to war leaves the other worried at home, a study finds. An Army-funded report found female spouses four times more likely than males to mistreat their children; the Army has beefed up family-support services to... More »

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US military • children • parents • North Carolina • child abuse • family • medical research • US Army • child neglect • military spouses • Army Medical Command • RTI International

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