Section 301: Duty of head of family

It is the duty of every person who, as head of a family, has charge of a child under the
age of fourteen years, being a member of his household, to provide the necessaries of
life for such child; and he is held to have caused any consequences which result to the
life or health of the child by reason of any omission to perform that duty, whether the
child is helpless or not.