Word: neglect
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TIME'S ARTICLE IS REMARKABLE IF ONLY for its extreme tardiness in reporting on the drug havens that many eastern Caribbean countries have become. The story simply reiterated what many of us islanders have long known: these islands are America's unprotected flank. Long-term neglect of their welfare, whether through budgetary restraints or through myopic, reactionary and isolationist policies, will only harm the most vital assets of the U.S., its people. ORVILLE RAWLINS Commerce, Texas
According to DSS, I am a neglectful mother and he is an abusive father. It took a couple of weeks before a social worker was assigned to our family. If he was such an abusive father, why did they wait almost a week before making contact? Four months have passed and we still are forced to comply with their rules. I let them know that we were foster parents from 1980 until 1989. We were told by case workers of the home finding division that we were one of the Fitchburg area's best teen foster homes. We tried...
What is happening to our children who are in the care of the DSS? A six year old boy was beaten to death in his home after the DSS gave a woman back her four children. There had been incidences of neglect and physical abuse dating back to 1989. Why did DSS give these children back to her after such a long history of abuse? In closing, I would like to ask who needs more protection, a rebellious teenager or an innocent child of six years? When I asked my social worker this question, her response...
While some students say they understand the University's current policy, others, especially those planning on becoming professional musicians, are irate over what they characterize as neglect of performance within the department...
...where the child is safe from physical or emotional abuse? Is it "right" to bring a child into this world and then proceed to beat her? Of course, this is the exception, but in every state there are over-burdened social workers who can attest to the abuse and neglect that plague many children...