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October 10, 2023
The Best Place for Kids Isn’t Always Their Home
…They all spent time with Watts’ grandmother and then went back again to their mother, who began using drugs again, dropped her kids off with a neighbor, and then never…
October 10, 2023
New White House Proposal to Further Alienate Religious Foster Parents
…that double mastectomies or calling a child by a different name are beneficial either, but in the world of foster care, we have seen time and time again that scoring…
October 10, 2023
Judge Erik Pitchal’s Warped Mindset Led to Baby Ella Vitalis’ Death
…drug addiction or mental illness. Pitchal wasn’t even willing to make such a determination for young children, though. “I still remember the first time I refused to take a position…
October 5, 2023
DCS Has Failed Children It Was Supposed to Protect, This Lawsuit Shows Why
…health problems. The utility of these lawsuits is disputed. States find them onerous and expensive, arguing that compliance activities and legal fees take time and resources that could be used…
September 26, 2023
Former Foster Kids Need More Than Higher Education
…only a quarter of kids who have spent time in foster care actually graduate from high school in four years. Why are we so fixated on getting kids a college degree when…
September 21, 2023
How Health Policy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…times,” Marcus Hotaling, president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, told the Times. But why? What was causing Yale to adopt a policy that seems on…
September 21, 2023
How Health Privacy Laws Are Hurting College Students and Their Families
…times,” Marcus Hotaling, president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, told the Times. But why? What was causing Yale to adopt a policy that seems on…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…have to cut programs and faculty as demand dries up. The pandemic made matters worse. Many students decided that Zoom classes were a waste of time and money. A tight…
September 18, 2023
No Culture Wars, Please, We’re Academics
…on children and how they develop as adults. “Children in two-parent homes tend to live in homes with a higher level of income and have more time with their parents…
August 14, 2023
What ‘Earth Mama’ Doesn’t Tell Us About Foster Care
…is not true of “Earth Mama,” a recently released film by first-time director Savanah Leaf. The story is about a pregnant woman, Gia, whose two children are in the foster…