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Toddler Burns Feet in Fire; Children Put in State Custody
Society & Culture  (tags: neglect, drug paraphernalia, children, custody )

Lone
- 46 days ago - ksl.com
SALT LAKE COUNTY -- A woman has lost her four children to state custody after police say she was found with drug paraphernalia and her 2-year-old ran through a campfire, severely burning her feet.
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Fire Leaves 10-Year-Old Critical
Society & Culture  (tags: society, house fire, police, child, critical, neglect, crime, sadness )

Dee
- 146 days ago - capitalnews9.com
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- A young girl is in critic condition after a fire at a Congress Street building. Schenectady Police say the fire started around 4:30 Saturday morning.
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L.A. County Files Detail Deaths of 14 Children
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, society, culture, children, neglect, welfare, sadness, violence, abuse, law, government, family, death, safety, rights, health, illness, investigation, protection, warning, risks )

Tom
- 200 days ago - latimes.com
The family of a boy who died of multiple skull fractures was reported 25 times to child welfare officials; the mother was a known methamphetamine abuser. In other families, children died within months or even one day after a social worker's last visit.
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Brooklyn Woman Dies IIGNORED on Mental Hospital Waiting Room Floor
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, New York, Brooklyn, Kings County Hospital, state-run facility, mental health, abuse, neglect, death, emergency room, hospital staff, lawsuit, neglectful hospital )

Thankful
- 494 days ago - cnn.com
<p>Only in America!! Esmin Green, 49, had waited in emergency room for 24 hrs when she toppled onto floor &amp; died. Staff kicked her to arouse her. Staff had ignored her. Abuse/neglect of other patients same hospital.</p>
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Stepfather Is Convicted of Manslaughter in Beating Death of 7 Year Old Girl
Society & Culture  (tags: child abuse, neglect, torture, death, violence, crime, inhumane treatment )

Nancy
- 599 days ago - nytimes.com
He beats the child daily, ties her to a chair with duct tape, rope and bungee cords, pummels her with "particular force" shoves her head under a cold bathtub faucet. When she dies he is not called a torturer, nor a killer, just "a child abuser."
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Child Neglect Is Abuse
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, child, neglect, safety )

Jamie
- 672 days ago - news-register.net
Surpassing either sexual or physical abuse, children most often are the victims of neglect -- and neglect can be just as harmful as other forms of abuse, a local child advocate believes.
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Day Care Children Were Kept in Playpen in Furnace Room, Father Says
Society & Culture  (tags: children, child, society, humans, crime, abuse, neglect )


- 738 days ago - canada.com
An Ottawa private day-care provider, who one father alleges kept several children in a playpen in her home's furnace room, was criminally charged yesterday with four counts of forcible confinement and one count of obstructing police.
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Man Uses Starved Dog as a Piece of ART!! Sign the Petition!!
Society & Culture  (tags: arts, society, violence, death, abuse, animalsuffering, cruelty, dog, neglect, scum, torture, suffering, AnimalCruelty, killed )

Rebecca
- 754 days ago - marcaacme.com
An "artist" from Costa Rica, named Guillermo Habacuc Vargas, put a starved dog as a work of art. The dog died and the man was selected to represent his country in the "Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008". Sign the petition in the comment section!!
90 comments
Mother Leaves 8 Year Old in the Hands of Abusive 13 Year Old Brother...Charged With Neglect
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, children, crime, child, family, humans, murder, safety, society, violence, responsibility, arrest, neglect )

Michele
- 763 days ago - orlandosentinel.com
Mother of a 13-yr-old boy accused of killing his 8-yr-old brother over a dessert was arrested on a charge of aggravated child neglect. She left Levares knowing it could result in his death. Levares was beaten with a broom, choked, punched...
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More Children Than Ever Suffering Emotional Abuse and Physical Neglect
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, children, child, crime, culture, ethics, family, government, safety, violence, neglect )

Michele
- 773 days ago - stv.tv
More children than ever are being emotionally abused and physically neglected and the Scottish Government is being accused of burying its head in the sand. Emotional and physical abuse have been rising steadily since 2000.
1 comment
LOL Vick Left His Apology Notes on the Podium!
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, animal, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animals, animalsuffering, dog, dogfighting, dogs, investigation, protection, pitbulls, neglect, killing, torture, suffering )

Echo
- 796 days ago - tmz.com
ROTFL After Vick's four-minute speech, a rep with the Humane Society of the United States went up to the podium to retrieve his microphone, and found the note left by Vick containing his talking points.
56 comments
Shelter From the Storm
Society & Culture  (tags: domestic violence, shlter life, children, police, abuse, neglect, struggles, survivors, assistance, help, crime, culture, death, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, HumanRights, law, media, money, politics, rights, safety, violence, women, hu )

Barb
- 796 days ago - indyweek.com
"A lot of times, I feel that people don't get help the way they should or don't get out of the situation as soon as possible because the information they're getting from family members or people who are close to them is bad information. Just keep trying..
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Please Sign This Petition: Child Abuse & Exploitation on "Kid Nation" Reality Series!!
Society & Culture  (tags: kid nation, cbs, child abuse, neglect, labor, children, exploitation, petition )

Connie
- 804 days ago - connietalk.com
Here's what happens when reality TV gets out of control. CBS's new upcoming reality show, "Kid Nation," puts 40 children between the ages of 8 to 15 in an abandoned New Mexico desert town alone, with no parental supervision, forced to...
49 comments
Adoption Scam and Child Abuse Stretched From NYC to Fla.
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, child, children, child welfare, crime, humans, Scam, adoption, torture, neglect, money )


- 812 days ago - news.yahoo.com
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Adoption is supposed to be a refuge for parentless children, but for Stephen Wells it was a house of horrors. Since his adoption roughly 15 years ago, Wells says, he has been attacked with a stick and a can of evaporated milk. He
3 comments
Clock Ticks on Possible Vick Plea Deal
Society & Culture  (tags: nfl, michael vick, society, dogs, animals, dogfighting, dogfighting, neglect, pets, cruelty, AnimalCruelty, abuse )


- 814 days ago - cnn.com
RICHMOND, Virginia (CNN) -- Michael Vick is considering joining two co-defendants who will ask a judge Friday to sign off on their plea agreements in a federal dogfighting case, according to a spokesman and published reports. The deal offered by federal
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