Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill out of a House subcommittee that could remove hourly training requirements for foster care ...

MORE THAN 11,000 CHILDREN HERE ARE LIVING IN FOSTER CARE. THAT’S ENOUGH TO FILL EVERY SEAT IN THE WINSTON-SALEM DASH BASEBALL ...

A couple in their 70s who have been fostering children for more than 30 years say they have no plans to retire. Keith and Helen Atkinson, from Walmersley, have opened their home to 31 children, mainly ...

Artificial intelligence is already transforming everything from the mundane, like how we search the internet, to profound endeavors such as scientific progress. So for parents considering how their ...

When they first got together, Christine and Troy Carpenter thought they might want to have children someday. After 20 years together, the western Pennsylvania couple is now navigating parenthood by ...

Webb meets with families and works with them to become approved foster parents. Training, family assessments and home studies are parts of that process. Afterward, Webb supports the foster families ...

Waddling down the corridor at work while eight months' pregnant, an older colleague had handed me a 1950s book entitled Mothercraft. 'You'll need this,' she muttered, adding 'the old way's the best ...

I remember the stares most of all. In the grocery store, people tried to make sense of my family — how these Black, Hispanic, and white children all belonged to the same woman. The insatiably curious ...

Parents and caregivers of young children will soon have a chance to gain information and resources they can use to help their ...

Couples therapy is a type of therapy that aims to help romantic partners address relationship conflicts, improve communication, and increase affection and empathy for one another. Couples therapists ...