Plea over reporting child neglect
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The public is urged to report parents suspected of neglecting their children due to drug or alcohol abuse.
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Children's Minister Margaret Hodge makes the case for the "unsung virtues" of state intervention in family life.
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Some 1.6 million children in Britain are homeless or living in 'unfit' housing, says homelessness charity Shelter.
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By Cheryl Winkelman  A proposed state law that would require computer technicians to report child pornography hit a stumbling block this week.
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Children at risk of sex offending need more help in a bid to reverse the rising number of sex crimes committed by youngsters, experts say.
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A council admits failing foster children who were sexually abused by a couple in Pontefract.
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The charity ChildLine Cymru says that one in four youngsters who contact it for help report being bullied.
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One in three abused babies who return to their families is harmed again, say experts.
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Parents demand to know why community support officers failed to try to save 10-year-old from pond.
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Children are entitled to a childhood and parents need help to realise this right, the Conservatives say.
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Thousands of children are suffering because of a severe shortage of foster carers, a charity warns.
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Reports that a baby has been abandoned in a County Down seaside town are being investigated by police.
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The number of city kids who have died from abuse or neglect this year is up an alarming 57%, officials said yesterday. Some 58 kids died from suspected maltreatment during the first nine months
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MPs and voluntary organisations express concern at the number of children in need who are 'under the radar'.
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An urgent review of the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders on young children is needed, a report suggests.
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Details of the government's plan to tackle vulnerable children before they are born are to be revealed.
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The parents of a teenager who died after taking an overdose call for a law to make schools record bullying allegations.