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 ...

Staffordshire Police must improve how it investigates and responds to reports of children at risk of abuse, an inspection has ...

Melissa "Missy" Mogle, 5, died May 19, 2025, after police were called to her home in SouthWood where she had been found not breathing and unresponsive. Her mother, Chloe Spencer, and stepfather, ...

Ashia Hawkins, a child protection investigator, testified about alarming conditions in McWeay's home, including children locked in a room and the presence of feces, mold, and mildew. DFCS temporarily ...

A lone politician and a single parent joined forces to take on one of the most powerful agencies in Illinois: the Department of Children and Family Services. The two of them are publicly questioning ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering changing the legal definitions of child abuse and neglect to avoid prosecuting people who allow children in their care to engage in certain activities ...