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Childhood emotional neglect can have a profound impact on a person, affecting their emotional, psychological, and social well-being in various ways that can last into adulthood. Emotional neglect ...

Childhood emotional neglect can damage a child’s self-esteem and mental health. It teaches them their feelings are not important. The consequences of this neglect can last a lifetime. Share on ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would change the definition of neglect in the foster care system to prevent children from being removed from homes solely due to poverty. Concerns ...

A run-down building, an old car on the side of the road, or a father who hasn’t seen his child in years. These are things that typically come to mind when we think of the word abandonment. But ...

An MP will today launch a bid to make the emotional and psychological neglect of children a crime. A private member's bill being tabled by Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams seeks to extend the legal ...

Gov. Eric Holcomb will use $25 million from the state's surplus to start addressing recommendations released today by an outside group on how to fix problems — mainly a "culture of fear" — at the ...

Kansas lawmakers may change the definition of neglect in the foster care system. Their goal is to clarify that poverty shouldn’t be the reason kids are taken from their parents. But some fear the bill ...