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January 21, 2024

Portland’s Encampment Kids

…we find a similar 56 percent reduction in the likelihood of being confirmed as a victim of child maltreatment.” The difference? The removed kids got time away from the parents,…

November 11, 2023

Why is NYC Telling Teachers to Not Keep Kids Safe?

…abused or neglected and three times as likely to be a victim of a maltreatment-related fatality. A New York Times analysis of child homicides in New York City from 2016 to 2022…

October 23, 2023

Teach Your Children Well

…things that they may not if they just spend time around kids their own age. But Moskowitz also has a lot of suggestions for family time. She is a big…

October 16, 2023

Serve Students, Not Institutions

…the Ph.D. in Physical Therapy Program held at UMES,” according to the group’s statement. This isn’t the first time the group has tried to stop other schools from competing with…

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…