Generally, an ill-treated child is a child who has physically suffered from deliberate violence or the voluntary refusal of his or her parents or of the adults responsible for him or her to provide care.
Généralement, un enfant maltraité est un enfant qui a souffert physiquement de violences délibérées ou de l'abstention volontaire de soins de la part de ses parents ou d'adultes qui en ont la charge.