Eduhero Child Maltreatment And Responsibilities Practice Test

Failing to provide basic necessities such as food, shelter, and clothing is which form of neglect?

Medical Neglect Abandonment Physical

Correct Answer:

Neglect

Explanation:

Failing to provide basic necessities like food, shelter, and clothing shows a caregiver not meeting a child’s essential physical needs. That lack of basic care is the definition of neglect, specifically the form that centers on not providing for a child’s basic welfare. It isn’t about medical care, which would be medical neglect; it isn’t about leaving a child with no caregiver, which would be abandonment; and while neglect can involve harm to the body, the term that best captures the act here is neglect itself. So this situation is neglect.

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