Examples from the Learning Review of concerns about the wellbeing of the children who were neglected and abused over a period ...

Lawmakers cite examples of parents who were investigated for letting their kids play outside, among other ordinary childhood ...

Casey is tired of coming home to her apartment every day. She feels like her home drains her energy more than her job does. Not because it’s not a nice place, and not because of anyone else who lives ...

A 5-year-old boy in Louisiana died weighing just 19 pounds, a weight more typical of an infant than a kindergartner, after what investigators describe as prolonged and extreme neglect. Authorities say ...

HUTCHINS, Texas — Investigators say Lauren Kavanaugh spent years locked inside a closet in a Hutchins mobile home, isolated from the rest of the household and deprived of food, care and human contact.

Oregon’s child welfare system, which previously yanked too many children from their homes, then gave some of them too little protection and care, has made measurable strides on key targets for child ...

A Staunton man was convicted of one count of child neglect following a three-day trial. The defendant was acquitted of a second neglect charge and a more serious malicious wounding charge. The case ...