The Michigan Senate Housing and Human Services Committee considered a bipartisan set of bills that would specify the ...

Child neglect is the most common form of maltreatment, involving failure to provide basic needs or proper supervision, often difficult to define precisely. Originating from Latin meaning “not to heed, ...

In 2023, Maine had the second-highest rate of child maltreatment, behind only Massachusetts, according to federal data. But that statistic doesn’t necessarily mean that Maine parents are maltreating ...

A bill that would more narrowly define “neglect” in Idaho’s child protection laws failed to advance Thursday amid concern it ...

The Browntown trailer home of Randy Boeck, Brittany Boeck and Chad Olson has a fallen building structure and rubbish strewn about the property. All three were arrested on March 4 and face charges of ...

Clinical situations that child psychiatrists too frequently encounter in the inner cities resemble this composite case of a young school-aged child born to a drug-addicted mother and living with her ...

Is leaving your child home alone 'abandonment' in Georgia? Neglect? What age should kids reach before being allowed to stay home alone?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis mother is in ...

You might think about leaving your child home alone momentarily. Is this illegal in Georgia? Here are tips to consider and ...

CHILD Protection Week has just been concluded, but year after year we are still stuck in the same momentum. Recently a 3-year-old was left unattended for hours on end resulting in his death and the ...