Things you should not do when bathing a child are.
Don't leave the child unattended when they are under 5 years of age and if they are under 6 you should check up on them to be sure they are safe.
Don't get distracted when bathing your child and don't answer the door or talk on the phone when bathing the child.
Be sure the bath toys are safe and check the water temperature before bathing your child to prevent burns.
Drowning occurs quickly and quietly.
The best way to keep your child safe in the bathtub is to provide constant supervision.
For infants and young toddlers, this means you should keep a hand on them at all times during the entire bath.
A 5 and 6 year old should be able to shower themselves or bathe themselves.
However some 5 and 6 year olds and especially boys may refuse to shower or bathe or act like they showered or bathe and not actually do so.
So sometimes you need to help the 6 year old bathe or shower to ensure they get clean but most 6 year olds can shower or bathe independently as long as they have no disabilities.
It is not OK to not wash your child as not washing or cleaning or keeping your child clean is neglect.
As long as you keep the child clean and wash them daily or if they are old enough you can allow them to wash themselves then it's not neglect.
Being dirty as a child is not neglect but not keeping them clean at the end of the day is neglect.
A dirty child is not neglect as long as they are showering or bathing daily to get clean after becoming dirty and as long as the child is changing clothes.
Kids get dirty and being dirty itself is not neglect of a child.
However leaving the child dirty and not changing their clothes or showering them or bathing them or allowing them to shower or bathe or not allowing them to change into clean clothes daily is child neglect.
When I was a kid people would report my parents to CPS due to me and my brothers being dirty and wearing dirty clothes.
However we were just getting dirty as we played in the dirt and mud and would get dirty as kids should and do.
We always would change clothes at the end of the day or sometimes sooner if we were really muddy and would shower or bathe.
My parents always kept us clean after getting dirty and would always provide us with clean clothes.
The CPS never found any neglect but it was awful having them show up at our house and us having to talk to them.
Just make sure your child is clean at the end of the day and not allow them to stay in the same dirty clothes for longer than the day and wash their clothes and shower or bathe them daily or allow them to shower and bathe daily.
Keep the child or children fed and healthy and keep a decently clean and tidy house and you will do fine.