A day care worker in the Japanese capital's Shinjuku Ward reportedly hit the head of a child who was reluctant to eat, ...

Maryland lawmakers are preparing a hearing and new legislation aimed at reforming the foster care system after a state audit ...

Masajed is a twin, she and her sister Manahil were brought to the hospital together. But the family could only afford ...

More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state, meaning the government has assumed the parental role for these foster children.

Each participating hospital has already prepared spacious, isolated, and fully accessible rooms designed to provide both ...

Pennsylvania maintains a registry of people convicted and suspected of child abuse and neglect to protect kids. But people ...

California will seal records of transgender adults who change their names and gender markers on official documents and limit ...

A new student-led research study, co-authored and mentored by Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., professor at the Ohio University ...

Her arm was the first thing Shyam Babu saw, tiny and frail, poking through the mud like a discarded doll. But this was no doll. Covered with ants and bleeding from what doctors would later suspect ...

Every day for 10 years, Surgeons for Little Lives has stood beside children and families, providing life-saving care and support.

Public schools serve a large and diverse population. School Board policies recognize that not all parents will be comfortable ...