The article argues that while eliminating child abuse and domestic violence is unrealistic, real progress comes from evidence-based, realistic practices. Statistics show abuse is widespread and costly ...

[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...

For $1 million per child a year, you'd expect unlimited opportunities, stellar care — opulence. Indeed, governments are at pains to convince taxpayers that group homes for children in state care are ...

A former Larimer County child protection services employee who falsified documents and committed fraud related to her job was sentenced to work release and probation. Sandra Spraker, 46, pleaded ...

Staffordshire Police must improve how it investigates and responds to reports of children at risk of abuse, an inspection has found. His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue ...

An estimated 417 million children in low- and middle-income countries are living in extreme poverty. Millions of children in high-income countries are also suffering. And more children are at risk of ...

In Egypt, close to 40 percent of the registered refugee and asylum-seeker population is made up of children. Youth (aged 15-24) also constitute a large part of population registered with UNHCR. The ...