Parenting expectations are often unreasonably high—and so is the number of people who believe that kids can't handle anything on their own. Passersby too often see an unsupervised child and assume ...

A child is brought to the emergency room with an injury. Was it caused by abuse? When investigated by the police, hospital staff, and child protective services (CPS), each entity may view the same ...

Jessica Pryce is a former child protective services caseworker and now a faculty member of Florida State University’s College of Social Work. In her book “Broken: Transforming Child Protective ...

A band teacher at First Baptist Academy was arrested on child indecency and grooming charges involving a 13-year-old student, ...

“We’re Not Protecting Children. We’re Recycling Their Trauma.” That was the title of a recent opinion piece by policy researcher Mathangi Swaminathan on the education news website The74, explaining ...

Scattered clothes, alcoholic beverage containers, drug paraphernalia and children’s toys covered the floor and furniture in the darkened living room as child protective services workers walked inside.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Department of Human Services announced three public listening sessions to ...

SAN ANTONIO — Did you know that everyone is required to report child abuse, even if you don't work with children? It's a Class A misdemeanor if you don't. “Everybody in Texas is a mandatory reporter.

A child abuse prevention event on April 1 will aim to educate the public on the crisis. (Stronger Together Family Fest) JAMES ...

A 2-year-old died of a suspected fentanyl overdose in San Francisco despite the fact that child welfare officials ...