There are different kinds of child abuse. There’s physical abuse, where typically you see a bruise or some other physical proof that a child had been injured. There’s neglect, where the child isn’t being cared for properly, where they’re being not supervised, where there’s not enough food or clothing or they’re not getting to school. Lots of different factors could be neglect. There’s child sexual abuse and there’s also emotional and psychological abuse, and that can take on different characteristics. There are a lot of different ways that Family Services could determine that there’s been some sort of abuse or neglect. The proof of that is based on eyewitness reports, bruises or doctors’ investigations of sexual abuse, and psychologists’ reports. There are all sorts of different types of proof that could lead to Family Services determining that it’s a founded allegation of child abuse or neglect.
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