Read more child neglect stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7614/child-neglect.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:37:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59955/parental-neglect-a-thorny-issue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“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 from receiving...http://www.newser.com/story/59955/parental-neglect-a-thorny-issue.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 May 2009 18:19:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57018/mother-gains-notoriety-after-kicking-kids-to-the-curb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/57018/mother-gains-notoriety-after-kicking-kids-to-the-curb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 12:56:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37660/enquirer-targets-palins-in-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/37660/enquirer-targets-palins-in-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Sep 2008 11:30:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37261/caylees-mom-charged-with-theft-fraud.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCasey 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 new...http://www.newser.com/story/37261/caylees-mom-charged-with-theft-fraud.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Sep 2008 4:35:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35043/uk-weighs-taking-fat-kids-from-parents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLocal 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...http://www.newser.com/story/35043/uk-weighs-taking-fat-kids-from-parents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 Aug 2008 5:47:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34197/girls-death-moves-philly-mayor-to-tears-fury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhilly 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’s...http://www.newser.com/story/34197/girls-death-moves-philly-mayor-to-tears-fury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 Aug 2008 12:04:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31627/dad-caged-daughters-while-he-worked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn 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...http://www.newser.com/story/31627/dad-caged-daughters-while-he-worked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Jul 2008 3:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26346/dungeon-daughter-will-probably-die.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKerstin 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 very low.” Police say they will consider...http://www.newser.com/story/26346/dungeon-daughter-will-probably-die.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 May 2008 9:31:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23350/1-in-50-us-infants-mistreated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbout 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 being...http://www.newser.com/story/23350/1-in-50-us-infants-mistreated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Apr 2008 18:30:28 CDT