Hospitals routinely report parents to child welfare authorities based on error-prone drug tests. Some hospitals are changing ...

The child support grant system has inadvertently strengthened the societal expectation that women should bear the primary caregiving role for children — often without adequate support or compensation.

It may be too soon to celebrate drop of child fatalities due to abuse in foster care. Policy changes may be obscuring the ...

Texas removes 10,000 fewer children per year than in 2018, but protects more of them from abuse and neglect than ever before.

Child poverty is on the rise for struggling Scots families who have welcomed a new baby into the world. The increase for ...

President William Howard Taft established the Children’s Bureau in 1912 to research and report on the health and welfare of American children. Julia Lathrop, the organization's initial chief, was the ...

An Imprint review of all 50 states’ policies reveals spotty enforcement of rules to monitor psychotropic prescriptions for ...

Opinion: Reinstating and strengthening the Office of the Child Advocate is more than just a policy decision — it is a moral ...

Social Democrats councillor Isobel Towse said child maintenance is included as part of a single parents’ income when Cork ...

A behind-the-scenes look at a Marshall Project series that reveals that hospitals drug tested pregnant patients and reported ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Youth Wellness Lab say they've identified key policies and practices that are ...