Parenting expectations are often unreasonably high—and so is the number of people who believe that kids can't handle anything on their own. Passersby too often see an unsupervised child and assume ...

Mandated reporter training often tells clinicians to report first and ask questions later. But support—not surveillance—is what actually keeps families safe.

“We’re Not Protecting Children. We’re Recycling Their Trauma.” That was the title of a recent opinion piece by policy researcher Mathangi Swaminathan on the education news website The74, explaining ...

Michelle Newcomb does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In a small, makeshift room in a refugee camp in Erbil, home to more than 8,500 refugees, 12-year-old Dîlan* sits quietly, lost in thought. He often keeps to himself, still carrying the pain of being ...