Neglected & Abused

Neglect and abuse come in many forms; Child abuse and neglect, Domestic Violence, Abuse and neglect of the elderly, Abuse and neglect of the poor.  Also, in all places where there is an absence of love, there is neglect which is mental abuse. 

Child Abuse

Children Age 0-5 account for 43% of all child abuse reports. The average age of children with major physical injuries due to abusive treatment is 5. It is obvious that very young children are the most vulnerable to physical injury by a parent or caretaker.

In 2001, abuse and neglect claimed the lives of 1,321 children, including 27 children in New Jersey.  This equates to four children dying every day due to maltreatment nationally and one child dying about every 16 days in New Jersey.

Mark 7:27     First let the children eat all they want, "he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."

James 1:27    Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. 

Elderly Abuse

There are statistics on this topic; however it doesn't reveal the emotional torment that is imposed by loneliness, or disrespect.  Statistics only reveal conclusive evidence in physical abuse.   The victims of abuse usually live in the family environment with an adult child or other family member who abuses them.

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Proverbs 23:22   

Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father.   I Timothy 5:1       

Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. 1 Timothy 5:3