June 23, 2026
Weed and Kids Are a Risky Mix—but “Garden Moms” Are Toking Up
Motherhood is hard; weed helps: That’s the toxic message from a new group of online…
June 16, 2026
Albany Acts to Rescue Kids from Deadly Abuse—10 Years Too Late
Days ago, Albany politicians did the unthinkable: They passed a sensible piece of legislation that…
June 13, 2026
States Are Wrestling with How to Deal with Substance-Exposed Infants. New Mexico Offers a Warning
What a difference a few years makes. When New Mexico’s governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, took…
June 10, 2026
Why Mamdani’s Foster Care Cuts Make Sense
If Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to balance New York City’s budget—never mind fulfill his campaign’s many promises…
June 6, 2026
Child Abuse and Neglect Are Intergenerational Problems. Policies to Protect Children Should Reflect That
Hurt people hurt people. Just because that phrase has become a mantra of therapeutic babble…
May 27, 2026
Deadly Child-Abuse “Torture” Exposes NY’s Willful Blindness
Little Jor’Dynn Duncan should never have gone to live with Emily Kelly, the Long Island woman…
May 27, 2026
Congress Shouldn’t Create Another Newborn Benefit
A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently introduced the Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026, which would…
May 11, 2026
Why We May Never Know of Child-Welfare Workers’ Fatal Mistakes
Looks like a lot of CYA going on at ACS. That’s the conclusion of a…
April 30, 2026
One of the Worst Laws in America Deserves a Hearing Before the Supreme Court
Kelly and Nate Reyelts have fostered about 50 children. Kelly is a teacher and Nate…
April 17, 2026
New Mexico’s Attorney General Is Suing His State’s Broken Child-Welfare Agency
It’s not uncommon for state child-welfare agencies to be taken to court. In fact, most…
April 7, 2026
Zohran Mamdani’s ACS Choice Puts ‘Racial Equity’ Above Keeping NYC Kids Safe and Alive
‘“It’s really hard to think about anything other than dismantling [the child welfare system] entirely…
March 29, 2026
Missing Boy Jacob Pritchett Is a Reminder of Why We Can’t Leave Disabled Kids with Ill-Equipped Parents
It has been a year since anyone saw Jacob Pritchett. The 11-year-old boy, who is autistic…