Unit 8Section 4 Abuse & Neglect

A woman who chased a 4-year-old boy through a McDonald’s restaurant in Montgomery County, pinned him in a headlock and screamed obscenities as she smeared his face with hot french fries was sentenced yesterday to four days in jail and ordered to attend anger management and parenting classes.

The woman was nearly nine months pregnant with her first child when the incident took place in May. The boy, whom she did not know, accidentally smeared ice cream on her clothing at a McDonald’s in Germantown, authorities said.

This section addresses the causes and impact of abuse and neglect on the victim, the family an on society as a whole.