Ms. Riley is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of “No Way to Treat a Child.” In February 2023, Phoenix Castro was born in San Jose, Calif., suffering from neonatal ...

More than 60 years ago, policymakers in Colorado embraced the idea that early intervention could prevent child abuse and save lives. The state's requirement that certain professionals tell officials ...

Gov. Tim Walz will propose extra funding to hire more child protection workers and state lawmakers will meet Dec. 4 to begin discussing potential reforms in the wake of a Star Tribune investigation ...

Is a Washington law pitting child protection against parental rights? Some people tasked with caring for abused and neglected children believe it is, and say children are dying because of it. One of ...