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All children deserve to be raised in a nurturing and loving environment.
This leaves children feeling very alone inside themselves and misunderstood. Neglect happens when adults don't meet a child's emotional, health and educational needs and this can cause serious and long-term damage. Neglect can happen when parents own needs take priority over the really important needs of children such as food, clothing or treatment for a medial condition or when a parent or carer fails to keep the child safe and well. Emotional care by a parent or carer is really important to a child's healthy growth and development and to help them form strong emotional bonds. Physical abuse is when a child is deliberately injured including shaking a baby or hitting, beating, burning or scalding a child or young person.