“I think about the families separated in Missouri over the years, not because of abuse or neglect, but because they could not afford to pay a bill or new clothes for their kids.” That was House Ways ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is very, very rare that a biological parent tells me they don't want to parent their child. Parents love their children. Their ...

A mother in Jackson, Mississippi, was recently arrested and charged with child neglect after taking a toddler wearing only a diaper to Walmart in freezing temperatures. Other shoppers confronted ...

A group of low-income black mothers living in Washington DC who have been accused of child neglect will receive cash as part of a study to determine whether providing needy moms with extra income ...

The Government must make an important distinction between aspects of child neglect and poverty within the family when determining whether foster care intervention is needed, social activist Sheelagh ...

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that the child abuse case in Vinton County will haunt investigators and first responders.

It is very, very rare that a biological parent tells me they don’t want to parent their child. Parents love their children. Their children also belong with them, barring cases of obvious unsafety. Yet ...

Twelve low-income Black mothers whom the District’s child welfare agency has accused of neglecting their children will soon receive $500 a month as part of a study exploring whether extra income can ...

Many children are separated from their families due to poverty, not neglect. Tennessee recently passed legislation stating that economic hardship alone is not grounds for parental termination.