Here's
a scenario: a family with two adopted teens attends a church. The teens have
emotional and psychological problems that demand regular therapy. Perhaps
residential treatment. The adoptive parents - aloof or unwilling to admit their
teens' deep-seated psychosis - deny them consistent professional treatment.
Does that constitute neglect?
Does that constitute neglect?
If a
child was born needing a breathing apparatus to live, is it neglect for
parents to remain aloof or unwilling to learn how to apply a breathing tube?
These teens of which I describe are anti-social, angry,
manipulative, disrespectful, chronic liars, non-compliant, and steal without conscience and
remorse for their inappropriate actions.
To the extreme.
