Content warning: This story discusses child sexual abuse. If you know a child or youth under 19 who is being abused, report ...

Across the United States, state laws designate licensed mental health professionals (MHPs) as mandated reporters when they have reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect (Ettinger, 2022). This ...

In a press release, announcing the publication of data on child maltreatment in Federal Fiscal Year 2023, the U.S. Administration on Children and Families reported that the number of child ...

The Child Law Project, which reports on child protection proceedings, has published 77 new case reports to detail the kinds ...

Text messages between the parents leading up to the incident showed they discussed lying or running away from a welfare check ...

Ideologues have long worked behind the scenes to weaponize Child Protective Services in the states. This includes accusing parents of “abuse” if they fail to affirm their child’s discordant “gender ...

Newfoundland and Labrador’s child and youth advocate says the government should consider re-establishing a “central access ...

Individuals must conduct themselves appropriately with children who are on campus and/or who participate in university-related programs, take reasonable measures to ensure their safety, and report ...

There are few areas of lawmaking as fraught with the competing tensions between rights and responsibilities than those involving religion, a necessary result of the constitutional freedom that the ...