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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…

March 22, 2026

No, It Doesn’t Make Sense to Give Cash to a Drug-Abusing Parent

“There’s really nothing scarier for a parent than having the government come to your door,…

March 19, 2026

The Wrong Way to Fix Foster Care

Want to reduce the number of kids entering foster care? Put the ones who are at…

March 12, 2026

America’s Failed Drug Policies Are Hurting Our Kids

Regrets about America’s drug policies in recent years keep piling up. An article in The Wall Street…

February 9, 2026

Another Toddler Dead Because Progressives Believe ACS Should Be Abolished

‘I fought for my son. I warned ACS, the courts, NYPD. Everybody. But now y’all…