“Every year, Minnesota judges remove thousands of endangered children from their parents’ care. They often do so after county workers have documented horrific acts of abuse and neglect. Most of those children are eventually sent back home. Some don’t survive…
In the United States, parents and caregivers are legally obligated to provide for their children’s basic needs, including food, clothing, housing, physical and mental healthcare, education, and protection. Laws across states mandate these provisions and define child maltreatment types, such…