"Rich kids, middle-class kids, poor kids - all deal with risk and neglect on a scale unimagined in previous generations" (Hewitt 11). There are problems of poverty, absentee parents, divorce, violence and drugs, plus much more that is simply out of hand. Deprivation and rejection dominate the lives of many children, among both poor and middle-class.

We cannot ensure the safety of children on the streets or in our homes. On the educational front, the news is even more disturbing, since underachievement and failure are now very popular.

Something else that contributes to child neglect is a fast rate of family breakdown. This is an effect of divorce and rapid increase in single parent pregnancies. Couples marrying today face an even higher chance of divorcing at some point during their lives together. "A family's deterioration can come about in ways other than separation" (Wilson 50). Staying together, in certain conditions and situations may increase further economical or psychological problems that may affect the child. Social attitudes today are scarcely more tolerant. "With the ratio of one divorce in four

The children in our society are defined by their dependent status. "From birth, to early adulthood, children must look to others to provide the adequate and dependable economic support required to meet their needs" (Canadian Council 21). Even in early childhood, they cannot support themselves and even if they could, our society does not approve of child labour.

If we fail to keep our children healthy then we fail to provide them with a decent childcare. Everyday all aged children are forced to deal with our nations shortfall of childcare.

We can now understand more of the dimensions of child neglect. We can hold on to the horrid suffering of middle-class children who where distressed by marital problems. Furthermore, we know that there are still techniques and strategies that do exist. "Nothing is more worth doing than easing the pain and improving the life chances of vulnerable, blameless children" (Hewitt 283). We need to invest in our children to save ourselves from further disaster.

Health care and child care, need change on the present system, it is an important factor, so that it can provide certain programs which will support parent(s) with daily aid. It should be a birth right and no child should fall out of its safety. For the protection of the child, the requirement to be heard in any condition or situation regarding them but be looked at.

Since the basic foundation is that the family is and should be the social group responsible for the care and support of dependent youths, the argument of the relationship between the child and the economy of our society must first look at the economic role appointed to the adult guardians.

- Van Stolk, Mary. The battered child in Canada. Rev. ed.Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, c1978.

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