Is this child neglect?

Child neglect? No. Isolation? Not having a cell phone or being able to go out for a weekend isn't exactly a human rights violation. The whole situation sounds a little more dramatic than it needs to be, but there isn't anything to report here.

No. This is just ordinary discipline. Kids don't need to be in constant contact with their friends, it's a want not a need. Neglect is not meeting a child's needs - not just depriving them of something they want.

If you were to report this to child protection services, they'd just laugh at you and think you're spoiled.

I am not seeing where this is neglect or abuse.

If she is sick enough to miss school, then she shouldn't be going out on the weekend. And if you aren't sick enough to miss the weekend, you should be going to school. This was the rule for the majority of people I knew. As for turning off her phone, that wasn't necessary but quite possibly she doesn't want her leaving the house when she is supposed to be home sick.

Is the mom being a little unfair and cold? Yes, but she isn't abusing her daughter.

No.

The one really inappropriate element I see here is the mom ignoring her

being sick (I'd assume she caught a cold or the flu). But usually this doesn't constitute neglect unless it causes real serious damage. Yes, you can die of the flu in rare cases, but is rare enough that the blame game only starts after the fact.

It sounds like one of these situations where parents take the increasing independence of their older children as personal affront and offense and develop an antagonistic relation over that.

Whilst it sounds a bit of an over reaction, keeping her away from the boyfriend for a weekend and stopping phone use is a good thing. If your friend really is sick, then she needs time to get better without mixing with other sick people and being distracted by her phone. A bit of peace and quiet will do her good.

It is Not abuse, or neglect. You are also just hearing yourfriends story. Were you there? Butt out.

Nope

Unfortunately parents just being unfair d*cks isn't really considered 'child abuse' by any authority and you'd just get laughed at if you tried to report that.

no it's not. there's probably a lot more to the story that you are unaware of also

No, not even close.