RT Book, Section
A1 Asnes, Andrea G.
A1 Leventhal, John M.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182918067
T1 Child Maltreatment: Neglect to Abuse
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182918067
RD 2023/10/03
AB The  spectrum  of  parental  feelings  and  behaviors  toward  children  can  extend  from  those  that  are  positive  and  nurturing  to  those  that  are  negative,  harmful,  and  culturally  unacceptable.  At  the  negative  extreme  are  behaviors  that  result  in  child  maltreatment,  including  physical  abuse,  neglect,  and  sexual  abuse.  While  most  children  are  not  abused  or  neglected,  “normal”  parents  may  have  feelings  and  behaviors  that  may  extend  to  those  considered  to  be  maltreatment.  Thus,  a  parent’s  anger  at  the  child  and  use  of  physical  punishment  may  border  on  physical  abuse,  ignoring  the  child  and  providing  inadequate  nurturance  or  supervision  may  border  on  neglect,  and  close  bodily  contact  and  sensual  feelings  toward  the  child  may  border  on  sexual  abuse.