October 3, 2025
The Link Between Maternal Drug Use and Rising Infant Mortality
Mississippi has just declared a public health emergency involving an alarming rise in infant mortality…
August 29, 2025
No, Teachers Shouldn’t Decrease Referrals to Child-Protective Services
“We’re Not Protecting Children. We’re Recycling Their Trauma.” That was the title of a recent opinion…
August 27, 2025
Disability Law Should Not Be Misapplied to Foster Parent Eligibility
Key Points Introduction Under the Biden administration, the US Department of Health and Human Services…
August 20, 2025
Free Cash to Poor Families Isn’t Helping the Kids
Does having more money make it easier to raise children? Intuitively, the answer would seem…
August 11, 2025
NY State Courts Are Blocking Children’s Services in Domestic Violence Cases—and That Needs to Change
Should the Administration for Children’s Services get involved when women are being beaten by their partners while…
August 8, 2025
A win for Wisconsin families: Childcare in the 2025-2027 biennial state budget
Wisconsin’s 2025-2027 biennial budget includes several provisions aimed at improving the affordability of childcare in…
July 16, 2025
Do Babies Belong with Drug-Addicted Mothers? New Mexico Has a Change of Heart
“The 4-month old was the last straw.” That’s what Maralyn Beck, executive director of the Child…
July 9, 2025
“Wards of the State” Review: Lives Knocked Off Course
In 2024 Michigan jurors convicted the parents of Ethan Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter, determining that…
July 7, 2025
Albany Will Slice a Lifeline for New York’s Abused Kids—Unless Kathy Hochul Takes a Stand
Want to report a case of child abuse? Better be prepared to give your name…
June 20, 2025
New York Child Services Says It’s Saving Lives—Count Us Skeptical
Jess Dannhauser, commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is doing…
June 16, 2025
Better Boys: The Difference Good Dads Make
The girls cleaned up at my (Brad’s) daughter’s middle school graduation in Virginia this month. Three out of four of the…
June 8, 2025
Apologies Won’t Help Native American Communities, and Neither Will Reparations
Kathy Hochul is very sorry. The governor of New York recently went to visit the…