You’d think child psychiatrists would want to help troubled children, and you’d be right. But the medical association that represents these doctors is suppressing open discussion of the best care for ...

When the news that legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were murdered in their Los Angeles home, and the only suspect was their 32-year-old son, Nick, I immediately thought of my ...

Barbara Leavitt is a mother to four daughters and five grandchildren. Barbara had to relearn everything she knew about parenting as she helped a child go through depression, eating disorders and drug ...

New Mexico lawmakers created a new child advocate position to oversee the troubled CYFD agency. (Dean Hanson/Albuquerque Journal) New Mexico lawmakers said Tuesday they plan to investigate more ...

It’s a jarring image: a troubled child, spilling their guts to what they think is a compassionate therapist only to have pre-formulated, data-driven boilerplate replies from a chatbot. As warned by ...

A bill that would overhaul North Carolina's troubled child welfare system is drawing praise from many stakeholders, but some adoption advocates say it could destabilize adoptive families. House Bill ...

The number of children in foster care in Hawaii hit a 20-year low last year, an encouraging development for the troubled state Child Welfare Services Branch. CWS acknowledges in a newly released ...