Young children left alone for 4 hours should be considered child neglect: survey

If a child younger than six years old is left home alone for more than four hours it should be considered child neglect, a new survey of U.S. social workers suggests. The survey found that social workers were overall more inclined to label such scenarios as child neglect if a child was physically hurt.Scroll down or click here to vote in our poll of the day "Social workers were significantly more likely to consider it child neglect when a child was left home alone, if the child had suffered an i