Sexual abuse and cover ups in the IFB (Tina Anderson) are dealt with, as well as scandals in the Jewish Orthodox, Presbyterian (USA), Catholics, Islam, and other faiths. Her failure to convince others to "give their lives over to Jesus" led Rose to develop fears that God would be angry at her and that demons would possess her. It turns out the right to refuse medical treatment for your child actually began, not with a grass roots movement, but with heavy lobbying by the Christian Scientists. Theologians have not offered sustained reflection on the nature of children or on the obligations that parents, the state, and the church have to nurture children.

While fully acknowledging that religion can be a source of great comfort, strength, and inspiration to many young people, Heimlich makes a compelling case that, regardless of one’s religious or secular orientation, maltreatment of children under the cloak of religion can never be justified and should not be tolerated. From the moment this book was first conceived by Robert, I knew it was a must for Christian workers, victims and abusers.Section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 states that a child is a person who is aged under 18.

In one Oregon Pentecostal sect, the Followers of Christ, the state's medical examiner has found a death rate among children around 26 times that of the wider population - a stark, if tragic, indicator of the difference made by modern healthcare. In a concluding chapter, Heimlich raises questions about children's rights and proposes changes in societal attitudes and improved legislation to protect children from harm. Failure to use “the rod” in child-rearing “is an indictment against God himself,” says Michael Pearl in To Train Up A Child. That’s why we’ve got advice on the types and signs of neglect and what you can do if you’re worried about a child. By bidding on, or purchasing this item, you are agreeing to us sharing your name and address details with that 3rd party supplier to allow us to fulfil our contractual obligations to you.According to the federal Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003, it encompasses abuse and neglect, which is defined as "any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm. children may be susceptible to abuse resulting from parental religious beliefs about discipline and corporal punishment, or from some religious therapies.