BURNETT, Judge.
We are asked to decide whether a parent-child relationship should be terminated for parental neglect. We approach this question mindful of a remark attributed to Luther Burbank, the famous botanist: "If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds." Burbank's confession pointedly reminds us that children do not grow into healthy adults by accident. They need attentive care.
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