child abandonment
Forsaking one's offspring
Child abandonment is the act of deserting a child, typically by a parent or guardian, either physically or by failing to provide necessary care and support.
The term covers a range of actions from leaving an infant at a hospital to simply disappearing from a child's life.
In legal contexts, child abandonment is generally a crime, though many jurisdictions have "safe haven" laws allowing parents to surrender newborns at designated locations without prosecution.
She was charged with child abandonment after leaving her toddler alone for three days.
- orphanChild whose parents died
- neglectFailure to provide care
- kinship careRelatives raising displaced children
- group homeSupervised shared residence
- social servicesPublic aid programs
welfare check · family court · desert · foundling · relinquishment · left behind · parental alienation · broken home · abuse prevention · filicide · mandatory reporting · safe haven law · residential care · state custody · emotional neglect · psychological harm · youth homelessness · emergency shelters
- family lossorphan, motherless, fatherless, parentless, death of parent
- orphan careorphanages, orphans, foundlings, foster care, foster homes
- neglect crimesneglect, nonfeasance, failure to act, dereliction of duty, elder neglect
- parentagepaternity, parentage, maternity, fatherhood, motherhood
- domestic abusedomestic violence, battering, batterer, spousal abuse, wife beating
child abandonmentchild rearing
Nurturing young to adulthood
parenting · parental care · child care · nurturing · caregiving
child abandonmentchild custody
Legal parental responsibility allocation
custody · legal guardianship · adoption · guardianship · foster care
child abandonmentchild protection
Measures ensuring youth safety
child welfare · child safeguarding · secure attachment · child safety · child support
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