Top Five Forms of Emotional Neglect Identified by Child Protective Service

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development what are the top five forms of emotional neglect identified from the emotional neglect cases investigated by the Child Protective Service in the past five years.

The Ministry of Social and Family Development classifies the types of abuse experienced by children and young persons into four categories: (a) physical abuse, (b) neglect, (c) sexual abuse, and (d) emotional and psychological abuse. We do not further break down “emotional and psychological abuse” into sub-categorisations.