---
title: Parenting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Abuse or Neglect
description: "**Summary: **Children who have been abused or neglected will heal within a safe and stable family. It is important for caregivers to know the effects of abuse and neglect and strategies they can use to help their child or youth build…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/parenting-resources/parenting-children-and-youth-who-have-experienced-abuse-or-neglect/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Parenting Resources
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Families
  - Tipsheet
---

# Parenting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Abuse or Neglect

**Summary: **Children who have been abused or neglected will heal within a safe and stable family. It is important for caregivers to know the effects of abuse and neglect and strategies they can use to help their child or youth build resilience.

 

**Application:**This tipsheet is intended to help parents (birth, foster, and adoptive) and other caregivers better understand the challenges of caring for a child or youth who has experienced maltreatment and learn about available resources for support. It can be used in pre-placement training.

 

**Source: **Child Welfare Information Gateway

 

[Read More](https://www.childwelfare.gov/resources/parenting-children-and-youth-who-have-experienced-abuse-or-neglect/)

 

 

 

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