The approach includes factors that connect neglect to parents, family, community and culture, and according to the approach, children maltreatment occurs if amount and intensity of risk factors outweigh protective factors in children environment.
Líkanið tekur til þátta sem tengjast foreldrum, fjölskyldu, samfélagi og menningu, en samkvæmt því verður misbrestur í uppeldi barna ef magn og umfang þessara áhættuþátta fer umfram þá þætti sem eru verndandi í umhverfi barnsins.