Which term describes leaving a child in a potentially harmful situation or failing to provide basic needs such as food, clothing, or shelter?

Which term describes leaving a child in a potentially harmful situation or failing to provide basic needs such as food, clothing, or shelter?

• A. Abuse
• B. Neglect
• C. Abandonment
• D. Endangerment

Answer: (B)

Neglect is the failure to meet a child’s basic needs or to protect them from harm, such as not providing adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or safe supervision. The scenario described—leaving a child in a potentially dangerous situation or not supplying essential necessities—fits this idea because it shows a caregiver’s ongoing omission of care and safety that a reasonable standard of parenting would provide. Abus... describes harming or threatening harm to the child, abandonment refers to deserting the child with no intent to return, and endangerment involves placing the child at risk of harm without necessarily failing to meet ongoing basic needs.

Neglect is the failure to meet a child’s basic needs or to protect them from harm, such as not providing adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or safe supervision. The scenario described—leaving a child in a potentially dangerous situation or not supplying essential necessities—fits this idea because it shows a caregiver’s ongoing omission of care and safety that a reasonable standard of parenting would provide. Abus... describes harming or threatening harm to the child, abandonment refers to deserting the child with no intent to return, and endangerment involves placing the child at risk of harm without necessarily failing to meet ongoing basic needs.